More than just a ‘Home’ : Understanding the Living Spaces of Families Hardback
Edited by Rosalina (University of Evora, Portugal) Pisco Costa, Sampson Lee (The State University of New York, USA) Blair
Part of the Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research series
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Over time and space, sociology has given varying importance to the study of the house.
The house is often a locus of special attention when a couple is formed, and the investments made in a neolocal residence constitute a complex social fact.
There is much to be known about the importance of and the relationships between home and family. Rooted in diverse theoretical approaches and multi-method research projects, this edited collection provides a broad understanding of the house as a plural, diverse and meaningful space.
Paying attention to specific occupational, gender and age patterns in home spaces, chapters also consider how digital technologies, including the 'smart home', as well as the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent 'turn to home' have impacted family life on a micro level.
Exploring relationships between the family and the material and symbolic dimensions of the home, authors discuss the trajectory and composition of the household, the gendered division of labor, work-family and education-family dynamics, care work and more. Considering the ways in which a family socially constructs a home, this is a much-needed investigation into how the house, its architecture, spatial arrangements and internal and external divisions shape and reshape family relationships in the face of constant challenges and change.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:29/05/2024
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- ISBN:9781837976522
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Pre-OrderFree UK DeliveryThis title is available for pre-order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:29/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781837976522