{"product_id":"strangers-and-intimates-the-rise-and-fall-of-private-life","title":"Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs heard on BBC Radio 4's 'Start the Week'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliantly original . . . endlessly fascinating' \u003c\/b\u003e- Alice Loxton, author of \u003ci\u003eEighteen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intricate cultural history . . . thought-provoking'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A nuanced, thoughtful history' \u003c\/b\u003e- Kate Fox, author of \u003ci\u003eWatching the English\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e 'What to Read in 2025' Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom ancient times to our digital present, \u003ci\u003eStrangers and Intimates\u003c\/i\u003e traces the dramatic emergence of private life, and argues that it is now in mortal danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this sweeping history, acclaimed cultural historian Tiffany Jenkins takes readers on an epic journey, from the strict separations of public and private in ancient Athens to the moral rigidity of the Victorian home, and from the feminists of the 1970s who declared that 'the personal is political' to the boundary-blurring demands of our digital age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrangers and Intimates\u003c\/i\u003e is both a celebration of the private realm and a warning: as social media, surveillance and the expectations of constant openness reshape our lives, Jenkins asks a timely question: can private life survive the demands of the twenty-first century?","brand":"Tiffany Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46724424335596,"sku":"9781529034165","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781529034165.jpg?v=1754731910","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/strangers-and-intimates-the-rise-and-fall-of-private-life","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}