Nature in the Home

E. R. Power

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00373-8

Nature in the Home

E. R. Power

School of Social Sciences

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Abstract

Home as a human place that is separate from nature is central to Western senses of home as a safe, secure, and comfortable space. This idea has historical roots in the Neolithic and conceptual roots in the culture-nature binary that structures Western relations with nature. However, the conceptual construction of home as a place that is distinct from nature contrasts with home’s material connection to nature. Nonhuman nature is an essential part of home and critically shapes opportunities for how home can be made.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	6-11
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080471716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00373-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011

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Keywords

Companion animals
Culture-nature binary
Domestication
Homemaking
Nature
Pests
Uncanny
Wildness

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