Abstract
Private spaces are one locus of public faces. Those who do not wish to be judged by others may close off their homes from observation. Conversely, those who wish intensely to be judged by others may open up their homes to scrutiny by all. In this ethnography of a wealthy ‘marina’ community in Southern California, private homes, boats and automobiles are the sites of pride, shame and stigma on the part of owners and residents, in ways that reflect gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality and age as well as enduring, general cultural norms (pride goeth before a fall).
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