Meanings of home : gender dimensions

Andrew Gorman-Murray

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00371-4

Meanings of home : gender dimensions

Andrew Gorman-Murray

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Abstract

Gender is a key framework for understanding meanings of home. The residential home is normalised as a woman’s domain, but nuanced interpretations account for both masculine and feminine domestic correlations. These gendered meanings of home are pliable, moreover, since gender is socially constructed and individuals negotiate shifting masculine and feminine norms. This article charts flexible gendered meanings of home across three themes: gendered experiences of home ensuing from the ideology of separate spheres; gendered divisions of domestic labour in heteronuclear households; and gendered meanings in nonconventional homes of single occupiers and sexual minorities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Vol. 4
Editors	Susan J. Smith
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	251-256
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080471716
ISBN (Print)	9780080471631
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00371-4
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

gender
homes
sex role
sexual minorities

UN SDGs

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