Sex and Real Estate: Why We Love Houses

Cultural historian Marjorie Garber offers incisive and witty commentary on what men and women today really want in her enlightening study of what may be the most meaningful relationship any of us will ever have.

Real estate has become a form of "yuppie pornography." Hopes of summer romance have given way to hopes of summer homes, and fantasies of Romeo have been replaced by fantasies of remodeling. Even real estate ads are flirtatious in their offers of bedrooms that are sensuous and sinks that are seductive. Thus the house you live in, like the partner you choose, can be everything from your beloved to your dream to a status symbol trophy. Marjorie Garber has fashioned a uniquely fascinating book that is as provocative as it is pleasurable, as erudite as it is entertaining, one sure to make readers consider more closely the rooms in which they live.

Author: Marjorie Garber
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/18/2001
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.58w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780385720397

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 09/28/2001 pg. 66

About the Author
Marjorie Garber is a professor at Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.