124 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
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The UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other. Homelessness is on the increase and more people are at the mercy of landlords due to unaffordable housing. Place and Identity: Home as Performance highlights that the meaning of home is not just found within the bricks and mortar; it is constructed from the network of place, space and identity and the negotiation of conflict between... Read more
Foreword
1 Performing home: an introduction
2 Feeling at home: intersections of place and identity
3 Protecting home: negotiating conflict
4 Home screen: a public or private performance?
5 Precarious home: the challenge of homelessness
6 Home and away: beyond bricks and mortar
7 Home is in the heart: authentic self and identity
8 Going home: conclusions
References
Index
Biography
Joanna Richardson is Professor of Housing and Social Research at De Montfort University. She has previously worked as a housing professional for a local authority and a housing association as well as the Chartered Institute of Housing.
