More than just a ‘Home’ - Understanding the Living Spaces of Families

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.

About the author

Rosalina Pisco Costa is Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Évora, Portugal. In 2012, she was distinguished with the Early-Stage Family Scholar Award by the Committee on Family Research of the International Sociological Association.
Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist and Demographer at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. His research interests include parent-child relationships, mate selection, marriage and fertility.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sampson Lee Blair (Editor), Sampson Lee (The State University of New York Blair (Editor), Rosalina Pisco Costa (Editor), Rosalina (University of Evora Pisco Costa (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781837976522
• ISBN: 978-1-83797-652-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 498 g
• Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories