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Understanding Home: A Critical Review of the Literature

Mallett, Shelley·2004·The Sociological Review
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2004.00442.x
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In recent years there has been a proliferation of writing on the meaning of home within the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, psychology, human geography, history, architecture and philosophy. Although many researchers now understand home as a multidimensional concept and acknowledge the presence of and need for multidisciplinary research in the field, there has been little sustained reflection and critique of the multidisciplinary field of home research and the diverse, even contradictory meanings of this term. This paper brings together and examines the dominant and recurring ideas about home represented in the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. It raises the question whether or not home is (a) place(s), (a) space(s), feeling(s), practices, and/or an active state of state of being in the world? Home is variously described in the literature as conflated with or related to house, family, haven, self, gender, and journeying. Many authors also consider notions of being-at-home, creating or making home and the ideal home. In an effort to facilitate interdisciplinary conversations about the meaning and experience of home each of these themes are briefly considered in this critical literature review.

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Authors
Mallett, S.
Affiliations
The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Mallett, Shelley
Venue
The Sociological Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2004-02
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
62-89
ISSN
  • 0038-0261 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-954X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-954x.2004.00442.x
OpenAlex
W1502038307
Cited by
1,483
References
94
Citations by year
2026: 72 · 2025: 114 · 2024: 102 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 123 · 2021: 83 · 2020: 97 · 2019: 99 · 2018: 94 · 2017: 84 · 2016: 73 · 2015: 73 · 2014: 57 · 2013: 73 · 2012: 50
FWCI
65.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
The Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Place Attachment and Urban Studies
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Spatial and Cultural Studies
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
home, meaning of home, houses, family, havens, self, gender, journeying, ideal home

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