Hege Høyer Leivestad

Caravans

Lives on Wheels in Contemporary Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

In Caravans, Hege Høyer Leivestad opens the caravan door to understand how daily life is organised among Britons and Swedes who have relocated, either seasonally or permanently, to mobile homes. Leivestad investigates how the caravan and campsite come to fit and challenge conventional domestic ideals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781350132450
• ISBN-10: 1350132454
• Artikelnr.: 55565481

Autorenporträt

Hege Høyer Leivestad is Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

AcknowledgementsCaravan and Camping GlossaryIntroduction: Standing
StillChapter 1 Caravans: 'These cupboards look like plastic'Chapter 2 Camp:
'You like to be visible'Chapter 3 Circumstances: 'Why don't we just sell
the house, all our things and leave?'Chapter 4 Containers: 'You won't even
see there's a caravan in there'Chapter 5 Community: 'We have found here
what we can't find at home anymore'Chapter 6 Conclusion: Troubling
TemporalitiesEpilogueReferencesNotes