Migration and Domestic Space: Ethnographies of Home in the Making

This open-access book explores the domestic spaces of people with immigrant or refugee backgrounds, comparing different housing, household, and legal arrangements across various national contexts. It provides a nuanced understanding of migrants' lived experiences of their homes, highlighting the critical role of the house as a microcosm of societal identities, values, and inequalities. The book enhances the connection between migration studies and research on housing, social reproduction, domesticity, and material culture, and is of interest to scholars, policy makers, and practitioners in migration and local housing integration policies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 255 pages
Publication date: 25 March 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This open-access book delves into the intimate realms of individuals with an immigrant or refugee background, shedding light on their domestic spaces. It meticulously selects and compares a wide range of dwelling conditions, encompassing diverse national backgrounds such as Latin America, North and West Africa, Eastern Europe, and South Asia, along with an equally diverse array of housing arrangements, household structures, and legal frameworks. By offering a profound and detailed understanding of migrants' lived experiences within their domestic environments, the book underscores the critical significance of the house as a microcosm of societal constellations of identities, values, and inequalities. This book serves as a valuable bridge between migration studies and research into housing, social reproduction, domesticity, and material culture, enriching our knowledge in these fields. It is an engaging read for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners with a focus on local housing and integration policies, offering valuable insights and perspectives.

The book's chapters, each standing on its own and collectively forming a comprehensive collection, contribute to our understanding of the researcher's role as a guest in the migrant home, akin to the migrant's experience as a guest in the host country. The intricate interplay of ethnography and positionality in this edited volume adds depth and complexity to our understanding of the research process and the complexities involved in studying migration within the domestic sphere.

Weight: 571g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031231247
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023