The American kitchen, 1850-1950: From Workroom to Heart of the Home : from workroom to heart of the home
- Submitting institution
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University of Portsmouth
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 10356802
- Type
- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- An essay from an electronic database, accessible via subscription, supported by contextual information
- Open access status
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- Month
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- Year
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This single output comprises Sugg Ryan’s essay from the Adam Matthew Digital electronic database, Trade Catalogues and the American Home (TCAH), accessible via personal subscription or institutional subscription in academic and research libraries, first published in 2017 www.tradecatalogues.amdigital.co.uk). It is supported by contextual information that explains how the output works as a rich visual interactive essay.
As a member of the editorial board of TCAH, Sugg Ryan was invited to contribute an essay on the changing space and material culture of the American kitchen from 1850 to 1950, with particular reference to gender, race and colonialism, making full use of the database’s primary sources. TCAH was sourced from the Lawrence B Romaine collection at UC Santa Barbara, the Hagley Museum and Library and the Winterthur Library. Documents include catalogues, trade cards, price lists, order forms, and some ephemeral materials such as fabric samples, with an emphasis on visual sources. The database is aimed at multiple audiences from undergraduate students
to academic researchers.
Sugg Ryan reviewed hundreds of pages form TCAH to select her 44 images. When viewed in the database, her essay has a richness and depth of research and information way beyond its presentation as a text comprised solely of words. It is therefore a contribution to research in digital humanities, as well as providing new knowledge on the history of the kitchen.
This opportunity for interactive close inspection of archive sources is afforded by the digital essay format residing in a database of its primary sources. It encourages the reader to understand the sources and explore the material for themselves, with Sugg Ryan’s written analysis of images and texts providing a framework for users to do their own critical analysis of primary sources.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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