Domestic fortress : fear and the new home front /

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Using a rich range of sources from cutting-edge research to media accounts, Domestic Fortress considers the fantasies and realities of dangers to the contemporary home and its inhabitants and details the extreme measures now used in the pursuit of total safety.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Atkinson, Rowland (Author), Blandy, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Home.
Dwellings.
Security (Psychology)
Asylums.
Foyer.
Habitations.
Insécurité.
Asiles.
asylums (welfare buildings)
dwellings.
home (concept)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Dwellings
Home
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; History of key terms; 1 Introduction; 2 The myths and meanings of home security; 3 A shell for the body and mind; 4 Invasions of privacy; 5 Fear, crime and the home; 6 Technologies of the defended home; 7 Withdraw, defend or destroy; 8 The fortress archipelago; 9 Complexes of the domestic fortress; References; Index.

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