Duyvendak, Jan Willem.

The politics of home : belonging and nostalgia in Western Europe and the United States / Jan Willem Duyvendak. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xi, 150 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-144) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- A Homesick World? -- Why Feeling at Home Matters -- Losing Home at Home: When Men and Women Feel More at Home at Work -- New Ways of Home-making: Feeling at Home in the Community? -- Feeling at Home in the Nation? Understanding Dutch Nostalgia -- Conclusion: Inclusive Ways of Feeling at Home? -- Bibliography.

"This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative home-making strategies that aim to transcend the 'logic of identities'"--

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Nostalgia--Europe.
Homesickness--Europe.
Group identity--Europe.
Nostalgia--United States.
Homesickness--United States.
Morrilla
Nostalgia--Europa
Morrilla--Europa
Identidad de grupo--Europa.
Morrilla--Estados Unidos.
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion

BF 575.6 / D988p 2011

155.9