Treating the Hotel Like a Home

The Contribution of Studying the Single Location Home/Workplace

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2321735
AutoresJulie Seymour (0000-0002-9384-2551, University of Hull, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen41
Número6
Páginas1097-1114
Fecha de publicación2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038507082317
OpenAlexW2163204302
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas22

This article contributes to research on the dynamic of space and social life by examining a comparatively uncommon configuration; that of the single location home/workplace. It draws on an empirical study of family-run hotels, pubs and boarding houses to examine family practices in locations which are both home and business. It considers the ways that the routines of everyday family life are prescribed by the spatial, temporal and legal demands of the business but also how families actively protect against, incorporate and resist such demands. The use of an atypical case will contribute to work on family studies by highlighting the contrasts and similarities with more mainstream settings where the home and paid employment occur in spatially discrete locations. It shows how a family practices perspective can be applicable across theoretical divides and enhance the study of spatiality

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