{"product_id":"feeling-at-home-isbn-9781804297179","title":"Feeling at Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe home where our hopes and dreams play out is at the heart many vital political questions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHousing is more than bricks and mortar. \u003ci\u003eFeeling at Home \u003c\/i\u003egrapples with the practical and emotional questions of housing – domestic labour, privacy, security, ownership, and health. Is it possible to imagine success without home ownership? Alva Gotby shows that solving the housing crisis is about much more than housing stock. It means revolutionising our everyday lives and labours.\"Gotby is good at unpicking the contradictory positions of the Left and is great at observing the peculiarly British subplot in this global narrative ... The stratagems in this book put rational logic and utopia back in the mix.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Holly Pester, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A radical and refreshingly thoughtful study of housing, its effects on health and wellbeing, and the extent to which a home can dictate the quality of our lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Foyles, \u003ci\u003eTop Ten Reads for January 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an insightful and necessary book by one of the most promising feminist thinkers working today. The analysis is sharp, accessible, and timely. The short, punchy chapters never outstay their welcome, and there is a wonderful diversity of approach which is impressive in such a short book. Feeling at Home is a vital resource for anybody interested in the ways we organise our domestic lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Helen Hester, author of \u003ci\u003eXenofeminism\u003c\/i\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFeeling At Home\u003c\/i\u003e makes a compelling political case for something housing movements seem to forget: more homes, even very affordable ones, will not dismantle a fundamentally harmful and exploitative system. Gotby points toward a new horizon where housing can be a means of radically reshaping family, care, and society.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Leslie Kern, author of \u003ci\u003eFeminist City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the best traditions of Marxism and feminism, Alva Gotby insists on asking far better questions. The result is this sophisticated, humane and exciting book.Feeling at Homeis a multi-point perspective that reveals everything that ‘home’ means, and - more importantly - ought to mean. It makes the radical seem obvious, and the impossible seem essential\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nick Bano, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Landlords\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important focus on the complex and multi-layered nature of home and the housing question, and why we still need to fight for it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andrea Gibbons, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Segregation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In her riveting new book, formidable scholar and organiser Alva Gotby tackles the personal and social calamities created by our continuing housing crisis. With elegant precision, Gotby shows how we can and must help restore the hope and vision necessary for the collective struggle for better homes for all, eliminating the widespread sense of powerlessness generated by housing precarity and instability. \u003ci\u003eFeeling at Home\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for winning that struggle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Care Collective, authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Care Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important contribution to debates around social reproduction, care, the family and home. In this set of essays Alva Gotby sets new horizons for the housing justice movement, laying out terrain for discussion – and struggle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Isaac Rose, author of \u003ci\u003eRentier City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alva Gotby’s short, passionate, and incisive book forces us to see how the current housing crisis is exacerbated by idealized patriarchal and capitalist notions of domesticity that link private home ownership with personal success. Instead of simply calling on the state to provide more public housing, Gotby demands that we interrogate our very definition of the domestic. By breaking down the artificial boundaries that demarcate the public from the private, expanding our definition of the family, and reimagining the ways we mark successful adulthood, Gotby argues that we need bold new visions of architecture and urban planning as we endeavor to build more caring, connected, and contented societies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kristen R. Ghodsee, author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Calmly radical ... [\u003ci\u003eFeeling at Home\u003c\/i\u003e] is a worthy handbook for those looking to, as the book’s subtitle says, “transform the politics of housing”.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Megan Kenyon, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers interested in housing policy as well as the housing crisis more generally will find much to ponder.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gotby’s book is a welcome and much-needed intervention\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Eilidh Kay, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The stratagems in this book put rational logic and utopia back in the mix\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shows how we can and must help restore the hope and vision necessary for the collective struggle for better homes for all\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Care Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAlva Gotby is a writer and organiser living in London. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThey Call It Love\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2023. She holds a PhD from the University of West London and writes about feminist theory, social reproduction, housing, emotions, and family. She is active in struggles for better homes for all.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233166962917,"sku":"NP9781804297179","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804297179.jpg?v=1767726803","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/feeling-at-home-isbn-9781804297179","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}