The Right to Home Exploring How Space, Culture, and Identity Intersect with Disparities /

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hadjiyanni, Tasoulla (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Sociology, Urban.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Social structure.
Equality.
Interior architecture.
Urban Sociology.
Cultural Studies.
Social Structure.
Interior Architecture.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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