Human furniture
Parent categories: human - furniture
Related: art nouveau furniture and utensils - metamorphoses - the art of Rupert Carabin - sexual objectification
Literature: The Human Chair (1925) - Edogawa Rampo - Le Sopha, conte moral (1742) - Crébillon fils
Modern artist Allen Jones' sculptures Hat Stand and Table Sculpture, made in 1969, which show semi-naked women in the roles of furniture, are clear examples of the depiction of the fantasy of human furniture. [Apr 2006]
Women As furniture in science fiction
A quick survey of science fiction films reveals a paucity of meaty female roles: In the early days of the genre, most sci-fi leading ladies were granted the role of Love Interest or Saucy Sidekick, but rarely given liberty to actually kick butt. Soylent Green went so far as to refer to women as "furniture" (they came with the apartment), and the one enduring sci-fi heroine, Barbarella, still spent more time worrying about getting laid than catching villains. -- Janelle Brown in http://dir.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/19/scifi_babes/index.html
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