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

• Autore: King Peter <1960-2023, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5
• Soggetto topico: Housing; Housing - Psychological aspects; Functionalism (Social sciences)
• Classificazione: 71.83
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Private dwelling
• ISBN: 1-134-30656-3; 0-203-42140-X; 9786610059737; 0-203-69297-7; 1-280-05973-7; 1-134-30657-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808510603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Housing, planning, and design series.