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Author(s): Melissa LEY-CERVANTESSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Zeta Books
Keywords: place; identity; belonging; the feelings of home;
Summary/Abstract: Th e “universally aff ective power of home” is such, that in the light of an increasingly mobile world this very concept articulates a great part of the contemporary debate around place, identity and belonging. An overview of such debate will be provided in this article. It begins with a problematization of the concept of home that allows us to understand it beyond notions of fi xity and stability. Th e core of the article is a discussion about the ways in which contending defi nitions of place determine the understanding of attachments to place, and this will be grounded through the discussion of a particular way of experiencing such attachments: the feelings of home.
Journal: Environment, Space, Place
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: Vol.6/1
- Page Range: 76-96
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
