Title:
Home : a very short introduction / Michael Allen Fox.
Author:
Fox, Michael Allen, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Call Number:
HQ503 .F65 2016
Abstract:
Michael Allen Fox considers the complex meaning of home. He discusses what dwelling is, and the variety of dwellings people live in. He also looks at the politics of home, homelessness, refugeeism, and migration; the importance of place to our psyche; and the future of the concept of home.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198747239
Series:
Very short introductions ; 498
Very short introductions ; 498.
Physical Description:
xviii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
The many faces of home -- The importance of place -- Dwelling and dwellings -- Remembering, imagining, and other mindwork -- People, objects, and identity -- Home politics -- Homelessness and uprootedness -- The future home.
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