This seminar draws architectural history's attention to textual sources from advice literature that formulate the normative and gendered standards of interior design, decoration and homemaking. Through a critical examination of advice ranging from Ottoman adab books to Western etiquette manuals, we will examine the various regimes and expressions of gender embedded in the skin of architecture.

This seminar draws architectural history's attention to textual sources from advice literature that formulate the normative and gendered standards of interior design, decoration and homemaking. Through a critical examination of advice ranging from Ottoman adab books to Western etiquette manuals, we will examine the various regimes and expressions of gender embedded in the skin of architecture.