From makeshift to makeover : materialising the beach shack as architectural heritage

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Abstract

‘Memories of the family beach shack (or staying at someone else’s family beach shack) are strongly tied to perceptions of traditional Australian values’ (Hosking et al. 2009: 35). This cultural narrative is well established among scholars of various disciplinary persuasions but these narratives are also constituted by materialities. Most notable among these in the patterns of second homes are the motor car, the post-World War II economic boom and increased disposable income, and the desirability and amenity of the places themselves – particularly their relation to the principal “suburban” home (Hall & Muller 2004; Osbaldiston & Picken 2014; Osbaldiston et al. 2015). While generally whether the second home is an apartment, villa, chalet, house, cabin or houseboat has not mattered much beyond marking regional and temporal diversity, some have taken closer account of the second homes themselves. These include, for example, the unique attributes of the New Zealand bachs and cribs (Keen & Hall 2004; Kearns & Collins 2006), midwest American cabins (Hoefferle 2013), Finnish and Canadian cottages (Periainen 2006; Halseth 2004; Svenson 2004) as well as Australian second home shacks (Selwood & Tonts 2004; Atkinson, Picken & Tranter 2009). This chapter contributes to this discussion by drawing insights from the changing relationship between architecture, second homes and cultural heritage as made evident through the Australian beach shack.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRoutledge Handbook of Second Home Tourism and Mobilities
EditorsC. Michael Hall, Dieter Müller
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages278-287
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781315559056
ISBN (Print)9781138678316
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Australia
  • architecture
  • heritage
  • second homes
  • vacation homes

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