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Record Nr.

UNINA9910341852803321

Autore

Hadjiyanni Tasoulla

Titolo

The Right to Home : Exploring How Space, Culture, and Identity Intersect with Disparities / / by Tasoulla Hadjiyanni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

1-137-59957-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 pages)

Disciplina

728

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Cultural studies

Social structure

Equality

Interior architecture

Interiors

Urban Studies/Sociology

Cultural Studies

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Interior Architecture and Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction – Oikophilia -- Chapter 2: The "and" -- Chapter 3: Hmong Stories - "Only in the house do your dead ancestors live" -- Chapter 4: Somali Stories - "I hope God will not isolate me from my community" -- Chapter 5: Mexican Stories - "I can talk to her and she listens" -- Chapter 6: Ojibwe Stories - "When the traditions are lost, it is like a person who has no identity" -- Chapter 7: African American Stories - "To be self-sufficient and responsible in society" -- Chapter 8: Moving Forward -- Appendix 1 -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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, the size of social areas limits gatherings with friends, and dining tables represent 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 to posit that social inequalities are partially spacially constructed and are, therefore, malleable.