Domestic fortress : fear and the new home front / Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Rowland.

Contributor:

Blandy, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Security measures.

Dwellings.

Home--Security measures.

Home.

Gated communities.

Security (Psychology).

Security systems.

Physical Description:

viii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In the twenty-first century a growing culture of fear is driving homeowners to retreat into fortified dwellings, concealed bunker pads and gated developments. Atkinson and Blandy explore the anxieties driving this retreat, ultimately linking them to the corporate and political manufacturing of fear, the triumph of neoliberal models of home ownership and related modes of social individualisation and risk that permeate society today. Drawing on perspectives and research from criminology, socio-legal studies, urban studies and sociology, they uncover a challenging vision of the private home as a site of wavering anxiety and security, exclusion and warmth, where dreams of retreat and autonomy mesh closely with the defining principles of neoliberal governance. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The myths and meanings of home security 26

3 A shell for the body and mind 45

4 Invasions of privacy 66

5 Fear, crime and the home 86

6 Technologies of the defended home 107

7 Withdraw, defend or destroy 132

8 The fortress archipelago 152

9 Complexes of the domestic fortress 175.

ISBN:

9781784995317

1784995312

OCLC:

947815541