Dynamics of Community Formation Developing Identity and Notions of Home

This interdisciplinary work discusses the construction, maintenance, evolution, and destruction of home and community spaces, which are central to the development of social cohesion. By examining how people throughout the world form different communities to establish a sense of home, the volume surv...

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Other Authors: Compton, Jr., Robert W. (Editor), Leung, Ho Hon (Editor), Robles, Yaser (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • the Other Side of the American Dream
  • 3. Cultural Memory in Mainland Immigrants’ Settlement of Taiwan: a Case Study of Zuoying Naval Veterans’ Villages
  • 4. Homes in Transition: Youths’ Experiences in Singapore’s Rental Housing
  • 5. Lessons from Post-disaster Home Reconstruction: Dujiangyan City, China
  • 6. The Narrative Construction of 房奴 (Fang-Nu) – an Urban Identity in Post-Modern China
  • 7. Challenges of Heritage Development Projects in Macau and Penang: Preservation and Anti-preservation
  • 8. Longing and Belonging in Greater Accra: Making Home and Queer Community
  • 9. Home Formation and the Use of Violence in Zimbabwe
  • 10. Building Consensus?: Russian Nationalism as Social Cohesion and Division
  • 11. Epilogue: Transforming Catacombs and the City of Paris: The Spatial Relationship between the h