188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines experiences of home improvement in the UK and Aotearoa New Zealand, providing valuable insight into the ways in which people make and maintain home in social, material and economic context. Drawing on in-depth interviews, examining both DIY projects and projects carried out by professional handymen, Rosie Cox explores how home improvement fits into wider social relationships... Read more
1 Introduction
2 Making homes
3 Working with Materiality
4 Doing it Yourself
5 Not Doing it Yourself
6 Home improvement and national identity
7 Materiality, inequality and the homeyness of home
8 Conclusion
Bibliogrpahy
Biography
Rosie Cox is Professor of Geography at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
