Detailed Information on Publication Record
2016
Cold feet and empty fridges? The meanings of home and home-making practices of solo-living people in the Czech Republic.
VACKOVÁ, Barbora and Lucie GALČANOVÁBasic information
Original name
Cold feet and empty fridges? The meanings of home and home-making practices of solo-living people in the Czech Republic.
Authors
VACKOVÁ, Barbora (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lucie GALČANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
1. vyd. Frankfurt aam Mein, Social Spaces and Social Relations, p. 83-117, 35 pp. Warsaw Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences (Book 7), 2016
Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Field of Study
50000 5. Social Sciences
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088028
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN
978-3-631-66784-2
Keywords in English
home; housing; solo-living; materiality; visual studies; qualitative research
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 14/7/2016 16:54, Mgr. Lucie Galčanová Batista, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
In the study presented in this chapter, we focused on how is the sense and place of home perceived and created by people who are living solo – those who form a one-member household for at least one year. Inspired by and discussing with some of the conclusions from J.-C. Kaufman´s book The Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince, we tried to empirically grasp the theoretical triad of “meaning – practice – materiality”. It led us to different questions in the open-ended interviews and short-term observations – not only we were asking what does home (in general as an idea, or in particular, as a place, house or flat) mean to a person, but also what he or she does, how, why and what he or she does not, what were the changes, ruptures and their reasons, if they are communicable. The chapter is based on rich narrative and visual data, and focuses especially on two most mundane objects - a bed and a fridge - aiming to better understand the meaning of home for solo-living people as it is constructed by various practices and in relation to materiality of their homes within wider cultural and social context.
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