The front room: a British-Caribbean interior from the 1970s
Digital Edition: The front room: a British-Caribbean interior from the 1970s
The front room was the sacred room in the home where guests were entertained. Today, we call it the living room. A product of postwar Caribbean migration, this front room emanates from the Victorian parlour and the performance of moral values associated with it. This includes respectability,…
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