TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Anthropological Studies on Predicaments and Crises: Homelessness and
‘Homefulness’ 7
2. Home in Cultural and Social Studies 23 2.1. Phenomenology of Home 25 2.2. Home across History 26
2.3. Housing Studies 30
2.4. Gender Perspectives in Home Studies 33 3. Life at Institutions 41
3.1. Historical Reality41
3.2. Contemporary Institutions from Within 52
3.2.1. Order, Hygienic Regime, and Search for Intimacy 55 3.2.2. Panopticism in a Total Institution 70
3.2.3. Dwelling in an Institution 77
4. Life Stories: The Experience of ‘Homefulness’ and Homelessness 83 5. Conclusion: Need for Further Research and Need for a Change 187 6. References 197
