Feeling at Home

Transforming the Politics of Housing

AvAlva Gotby

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine our health, life expectancy, and day-to-day well-being. In contrast, the lack of a stable residence can lead to mental and physical illness and often premature death. This is central to how we conceive of a good and dignified life.Feeling at Home grapples with the practical and emotional questions of housing - domestic labour, privacy, security, ownership, and health. Is it possible to imagine success without home ownership? Alva Gotby makes clear that solving the housing crisis is about much more than housing stock. It is about revolutionising our everyday lives and labours.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-01-21
Mått:140 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:284 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Verso Books
ISBN:9781804296219

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Alva Gotby is a writer and organiser living in London. Her first book, They Call It Love, was published in 2023. She holds a PhD from the University of West London and writes about feminist theory, social reproduction, housing, emotions, and family. She is active in struggles for better homes for all.

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Gotby is good at unpicking the contradictory positions of the Left and is great at observing the peculiarly British subplot in this global narrative ... The stratagems in this book put rational logic and utopia back in the mix.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Housing Matters1. No Return to Normal2. Housing Is a Feminist Issue3. Never at Home4. Poor Housing Creates Poor Health5. The Feeling of Ownership6. Inheriting the Family Home7. Demanding More, Demanding Better8. Collective Housing and the Abolition of the FamilyConclusion: Organising Feeling, Transforming HomeAcknowledgementsNotes