Heritage in the Home

This book explores how people encounter the pasts of their homes, offering insights into the affective, emotional and embodied geographies of domestic heritage.

Autorentext

Caron Lipman is an honorary research fellow at Queen Mary University of London. A cultural geographer and heritage practitioner, her interests span contemporary engagements with the past, belonging, identity and home, and critical geographies of belief and folklore.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction: heritage in the home in context; Part I: Experiencing the past at home 2: Knowing and imagining the past at home; 3: Presences of the past: energies, auras, ghosts; Part II: Past residents at home 4: Connecting with the past: domestic genealogies; 5: Belonging to the past: negotiating ownership; Part III: Material pasts at home* 6: Found objects: the tangible past at home; 7: Improving home: the ethics and aesthetics of custodianship; Conclusion: heritage in the home in wider context; Index*