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The politics of home : belonging and nostalgia in Western Europe and the United States / Jan Willem Duyvendak.
Van Pelt Library BF575.N6 D89 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duyvendak, Jan Willem.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nostalgia--Europe.
- Nostalgia.
- Homesickness--Europe.
- Homesickness.
- Group identity--Europe.
- Group identity.
- Europe.
- Nostalgia--United States.
- Homesickness--United States.
- Group identity--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- "This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative home-making strategies that aim to transcend the 'logic of identities'"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction
- A Homesick World?
- Why Feeling at Home Matters
- Losing Home at Home: When Men and Women Feel More at Home at Work
- New Ways of Home-making: Feeling at Home in the Community?
- Feeling at Home in the Nation? Understanding Dutch Nostalgia
- Conclusion: Inclusive Ways of Feeling at Home?
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-144) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230293991
- 0230293999
- 9780230293984
- 0230293980
- OCLC:
- 698330445
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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