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Migration, Settlement, and the Concepts of House and Home How do migrants feel “at home” in their houses? Literature on the migrant house and its role in the migrant experience of home-building is inadequate. This book offers a theoretical framework based on the notion of home- building and the concepts of home and house embedded within it. It pres- ents innovative research on four groups of migrants who have settled in two metropolitan cities in two periods: migrants from Italy (migrated in the 1950s and 1960s) and from mainland China (migrated in the 1990s and 2000s) in Melbourne, Australia, and migrants from Morocco (migrated in the 1950s and 1960s) and from the former Soviet Union (migrated in the 1990s and 2000s) in Tel Aviv, Israel. The analysis draws on qualitative data gathered from forty-six in-depth interviews with migrants in their home- environments, including extensive visual data. Levin argues that the physi- cal form of the house is meaningful in a range of diverse ways during the process of home-building, and that each migrant group constructs a distinct form of home-building in their homes/houses, according to their specifi c circumstances of migration, namely the origin country, country of destina- tion, and period of migration, as well as the historical, economic, and social contexts around migration. Iris Levin is a post-doctoral researcher who has recently completed a large research project at Flinders University and is about to commence a new project at Tel Aviv University. 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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Levin, Iris, author. Title: Migration, settlement, and the concepts of house and home / by Iris Levin. Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2016 | Series: Routledge advances in geography ; 14 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2015025801 Subjects: LCSH: Immigrants—Housing—Social aspects—Australia— Melbourne (Vic.) | Immigrants—Housing—Social aspects—Israel— Tel Aviv. | Home—Social aspects—Australia—Melbourne (Vic.) | Home—Social aspects—Israel—Tel Aviv. | Immigrants—Cultural assimilation—Israel—Tel Aviv. | Immigrants—Cultural assimilation— Australia—Melbourne (Vic.) Classifi cation: LCC JV9195.M45 L49 2016 | DDC 307.3/360869120956948—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015025801 ISBN: 978-0-415-72068-7 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-86680-2 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC To Yair, Rona, and Uri This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures xi List of Maps xiii Acknowledgements xv 1 The Migrant House in the Globalised City 1 2 Settlement, Belonging, and the Migrant Home/House 24 3 “We Just Put It All Together”: Houses of Migrants from Italy in Metropolitan Melbourne 46 4 “Home Is Where the Heart Is”: Houses of Migrants from China in Metropolitan Melbourne 77 5 “I Record the Whole Story”: Houses of Migrants from Morocco in Metropolitan Tel Aviv 108 6 “A House Like This Can Be Everywhere”: Houses of Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Metropolitan Tel Aviv 142 7 Migrant Experiences around the House/Home 174 8 Migrant Settlement and Home-Building in the Home/House 203 Appendix A: Migrants from Italy Who Participated in This Research 215 Appendix B: Migrants from China Who Participated in This Research 217
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