Much of what constitutes our experience of our immediate
environment is quite ordinary and familiar, in particular, where we
live. While policymakers and academics are constantly seeking
transformations in housing, what we seek from our own housing is
stability and lack of change. We seek secure roots to our lives
rather than step-changes and radical reform. This book considers
this ordinary experience of housing and how we come to depend upon
it. The notion of the ordinary is used to argue against the
conceits of policymaking and the fetish for domestic design. Using
a variety of methods such as critical analysis and film criticism
(looking at the work of film-makers as diverse as Bergman, Dreyer,
Shyamalan, Tarkovsky, Tati and the Wachowski Brothers), it provides
an original, impressionistic view of the role housing plays in our
lives.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2020 |
First published: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Peter King
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
132 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-62087-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-62087-4 |
Barcode: |
9781138620872 |
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