Author Description

"The spaces we inhabit and call home exact a profound influence on our public and private lives. This original collection is the first to explore sociological analyses of home in Canada, drawing upon studies of family, urban and rural communities, and migration and immigration to interrogate the idea of home as a powerful site of identity, community, and belonging. Organized into three parts, the text examines how we conceive of home at the levels of personal homemaking, neighborhood community, and political ecology. The authors, both new and established scholars, address the diversity of homes and lived experiences across Canada, from apartment dwellers in downtown Vancouver to a remote Inuit community in Nunavut. The edited collection looks at contemporary housing phenomena such as "tiny homes" and condos, considers historical case studies, and includes chapters on youth homelessness and homemaking in marginalized communities. A unique contribution to the field, Sociology of Home draws upon a plurality of standpoints, including gendered, class-based, racialized, and Indigenous voices. This engaging text is an ideal resource for sociology students enrolled in courses on home, community, family, urban sociology, environment, gender, and social inequality, and will be of interest to anyone who seeks to investigate home as an important symbolic and material construct."--