MAPPING HOME IN CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES IBD

Sinopse

By offering an analysis of the idea of home across the individual, interpersonal, social, and global scales, Mapping Home aims to show the extent to which self-concept is deeply tied to constructions of home in a globally mobile age. The epistemological link between dwelling as 'knowing oneself' and the experience of welcome as key to being able to map 'oneâÇÖs place(s) in the world' are examined through Martin HeideggerâÇÖs concept of dwelling, Zygmunt BaumanâÇÖs notion of liquid modernity, Jacques DerridaâÇÖs exploration of hostile hospitality, and Kwame Anthony AppiahâÇÖs sense of cosmopolitanism as border-crossing conversation. To further explore these ideas, the book draws on multimodal literature and films that span genres, including gothic horror, fantasy and science fiction, thoughtful comedies, and politically nuanced tragedies. The quality that deeply links the texts is their ability to illuminate the stabilities and mobilities through which home not only mediates but also integrates an individualâÇÖs diverse experiences of belonging in different locations as well as on different geocultural scales-from the intimate 'household' to the more abstract 'hometown' or 'homeland' and beyond.á