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    This document discusses different perspectives on the concept of "home". It begins by quoting a 19-year-old, Estelle, who views home as a place of comfort, happiness, safety and memories. However, it also quotes 20-year-old Sandy who says she never felt fully comfortable or part of her family at home. The document then outlines different levels of understanding home - as a physical place, social community, and emotional/psychological concept. It provides various examples of different types of physical homes and how home functions at a social, cultural and psychological level. The document explores both positive and negative constructs of home through historical and contemporary examples. It concludes by discussing different pathways and transitions to independent adulthood homes.

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    Youth and Society 1105HUM Week 3: HOME

    Home Sweet Home?

    No Place Like Home?


    Estelle, 19, 2002

    Would Dorothy agree?

    Home means every comfort and happiness and love you know, everything that makes you happy is at your home, is here where you live, where you know. And I think, another thing, when youre in your home you feel safe, you feel like nothing can touch you because you are here and, you know, this is where you live, this is where you like to be. You know, this is your home, this is your safety, this is where all your memories are. (p. 124)

    ...but not everyone feels excited to be homeward bound.


    ...Ive never felt 100 percent comfortable in my house anyway. So...theyre all in a complete family, you know dad, *list of her stepsiblings+ and theres me...I know Im part of the family but you know Im just not quite in there properly...Know what I mean? Sandy, 20, 2002 (p. 126)

    The multi-level understanding of home


    the physical/practical level social/structural community level the emotional psychological level

    Home as physical

    Hut of Toda tribe (Nilgiris, India)

    Queenslander

    Seabound huts of the Bajau People

    council estate housing, England

    The Gendered Home

    Home as social
    playing chores

    entertainment

    eating

    Home as cultural
    Immigration from Northern Ireland abroad RESULT? Immediate/extended family around the world

    It is typical in many Asian cultures to have three generations living together In the same home.

    Home as psychological

    friends as family

    Rastafarians as brothers

    The Changing Nature of Home


    There is a fluidity to what family can mean in todays world.

    Positive constructs of HOME


    English cultural critic Richard Hoggart shares some memories about what it was like to grow up in an urban, working-class home in the earlier part of the 20th century. physical: familiar cooking and other smells which permeate his workingclass home. social: what newspaper the family reads; visits to the relatives or cemetery; attendance of fairs and holidays at the seaside. cultural: staying close to home; most all relatives are nearby. psychological: sentimentality and loyalty to ones home... Home the place where we grumble most, and are treated best.

    Recreation of British, working-class living room, early 20th c.

    Y&S Theatre presents:


    Conflicting or negative constructs of home
    Excerpt from film Salt Lake City Punk! (1998) physical:
    They live in a graffitied squat. The actual physical space of Salt Lake City is unpleasant in Stevos eyes.

    Stevo resents growing up In Salt Lake City, Utah

    social:
    Bobs activities with Trish create home for him. Stevo thinks they had the same (negative view of Salt Lake) and were therefore close friends.

    cultural:
    Stevo doubts his kinship (friends as family) with Bob due to their different views on home.

    psychological:
    Positive attitudes/experiences = positive views of home (Bob) Negative attitudes/experiences= negative views of home (Stevo)

    Bob (a.k.a. Heroin Bob) has come to terms with Salt Lake City as his home.

    Pathways and Transitions to ones adult home

    Homeless teenager Florida, U.S.A.

    Young parenthood

    Extended time living at home

    British university students as flatmates

    Discussion Prompts: Week 4


    Why do you think the authors focus on religion and politics as forms of belonging? In what ways has the rise of individualism changed culture? (p. 112) How is belonging discussed in conjunction with religious practice and/or spirituality? (pp. 113-114) What are ethnonational identities? (p. 118-120) What role has religion played in Northern Irish youths sense of belonging? (p. 120-121) How do the authors link critical moments to religious beliefs or practices? (p. 123)

    FOR HD-striving students: Do these ideas or terms make you think of cultural phenomena you are already familiar with? Do a Google search to see if there are any magazine (or newspaper) articles or video clips you can share as part of your participation in next weeks tutorials.

    Sources
    Henderson, Sheila et al. (2007). Inventing Adulthoods: A Biographical Approach to Youth Transitions. London: Sage. Hoggart, Richard. (1957; 1998). The Uses of Literacy. London: Transaction. Nilan, Pam et al. (2007). Australian Youth: Social and Cultural Issues. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.

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