Renovation nation : our obsession with home / Fiona Allon.

By:

Allon, Fiona R [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Sydney : New South, 2008Description: vi, 232 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0868408786
9780868408781

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

643.7 22

LOC classification:

DU107 .A44 2008

Contents:

It's the culture, stupid! -- Building on the block -- The wealth effect -- Keeping the dream alive -- Fear and the family home -- Heritage with a difference -- Fortress Australia -- We grew here, you flew here -- The limits of home?

Summary: "This is an intelligent, savvy account of home in all its manifestations. It's about our fetish for home and ownership. Why are Australians so obsessed with interest rates, home ownership, home beautification, investment properties, real estate? Fiona Allon looks at our own homes--why we renovate, why shows like The Block were so incredibly popular, why housing affordability has become one of the key political and social issues--and finds that we have become more inward looking than ever. She also looks at the national 'home', and at why we became so anxious about keeping some people out of the country, or away from places some thought they owned, like Cronulla Beach."--Provided by publisher.

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Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	643.7 ALL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A432997B

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-226) and index.

"This is an intelligent, savvy account of home in all its manifestations. It's about our fetish for home and ownership. Why are Australians so obsessed with interest rates, home ownership, home beautification, investment properties, real estate? Fiona Allon looks at our own homes--why we renovate, why shows like The Block were so incredibly popular, why housing affordability has become one of the key political and social issues--and finds that we have become more inward looking than ever. She also looks at the national 'home', and at why we became so anxious about keeping some people out of the country, or away from places some thought they owned, like Cronulla Beach."--Provided by publisher.

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