A Cultural History of Twin Beds
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 238703448
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- ISBN
- 9781350045422
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2019
- 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
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 110,000-word monograph analyses the cultural phenomenon of twin beds as a popular choice for married couples. Based on extensive archival research at e.g. the V&A, Mass-Observation and Geffrye Museum, design archives and research libraries, this interdisciplinary study draws on wide-ranging sources including furniture catalogues, newspapers, film and novels. A pilot article was submitted to REF 2014; the c.8% overlap is fragmentary and insignificant. The monograph has received significant media attention, featuring in a Guardian article (readership: 340,000 in three days) and The Atlantic (readership: 1.8 million), and on Radio 4’s ‘Thinking Allowed’ (30.12.2020; Radio 4 reach: 3,280,000).
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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