The Right to Home - Exploring How Space, Culture, and Identity Intersect with Disparities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book explores how the design characteristics of homes can support or suppress individuals' attempts to create meaning in their lives, which in turn, impacts well-being and delineates the production of health, income, and educational disparities within homes and communities. According to the author, the physical realities of living space-such as how kitchen layouts restrict cooking and the size of social areas limits gatherings with friends, or how dining tables can shape aspirations-have a salient connection to the beliefs, culture, and happiness of the individuals in the space. The book's purpose is to examine the human capacity to create meaning and to rally home mediators (scholars, educators, design practitioners, policy makes, and advocates) to work toward Culturally Enriched Communities in which everyone can thrive. The volume includes stories from Hmong, Somali, Mexican, Ojibwe, and African American individuals living in Minnesota to show how space intersects with race, gender, citizenship, ability, religion, and ethnicity, positing that social inequalities are partially spatially constructed and are, therefore, malleable.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-95945-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Interior design Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	1-349-95945-6
Barcode:	9781349959457

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