Nozawa, S. and Lintonbon, J.C. (2016) Suburban Taste: Hankyu Corporation and its Housing Development in Japan 1910-1939. Home Cultures, 13 (2). pp. 283-311. ISSN 1740-6315
Abstract
The cultural production of Japanese suburban housing between 1910 and 1939 was informed by changing perceptions of family and self in relation to domestic space and the everyday. This article focuses on the Hankyu Corporation, an Osaka-based railway company that presented itself as a cultural authority for middle-class families in a wide range of enterprises, including the construction of suburban estates. By revisiting its publicity, including a monthly magazine and housing catalogues, we demonstrate the complex process through which Hankyu narratively visualized and materialized an image of suburban life in its housing designs. We address the subjective nature of taste in influencing and shaping consumer choices around the spatial production of neighborhoods and the conduct of daily life in the suburbs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Taylor & Francis, 2016. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Home Cultures. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | housing; suburbs; modern Japan; taste; domesticity; material cultures |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2016 08:48 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17406315.2016.1242328 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17406315.2016.1242328 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101476 |