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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462565103321

Autore

King Peter <1960-, >

Titolo

Private dwelling : contemplating the use of housing / / Peter King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-42140-X

9786610059737

0-203-69297-7

1-280-05973-7

1-134-30657-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Housing, planning, and design series

Classificazione

71.83

Disciplina

363.5

Soggetti

Housing

Housing - Psychological aspects

Functionalism (Social sciences)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is dwelling? -- Privacy : when dwelling closes in on itself -- A brick box or a velvet case? -- Talking about houses -- Ripples : sharing, learning, reaching out -- Want it, have it! -- Fear and the comfort of the mundane -- Loss.

Sommario/riassunto

Housing is something that is deeply personal to us. It offers us privacy and security and allows us to be intimate with those we are close to. This book considers the nature of privacy but also how we choose to share our dwelling. The book discusses the manner in which we talk about our housing, how it manifests and assuages our anxieties and desires and how it helps us come to terms with loss.Private Dwelling offers a deeply original take on housing. The book proceeds through a series of speculations, using philosophical analysis and critique, personal anecdote, film criti