Feeling At Home Transforming the Politics of Housing

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alva Gotby
• Publisher: Verso
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 21.01.2025
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs
• EAN: 9781804296219
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-621-9
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 21.8 x 1.8 cm
• Subjects: History, Politics, Feminism, After Work, Political Science, Security, non-fiction, Privacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Health, Ideology, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Flatshare, Gender studies, gender groups, Marxism & Communism, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Social Reproduction, housing crisis, sociology books, 4 day week; after work; cost of living; feminism; feminist city; flatshare; health; helen hester; history; housing crisis; ideology; leslie kern; non-fiction; political science; politics; privacy; private landlord; renting; security; social reproduct, cost of living, helen hester, renting, leslie kern, private landlord, feminist city