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Gendered control over space in migrant housing

In: Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19

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  • Mastoureh Fathi

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Control over space is a gendered matter and is central in transforming an ‘unhome’ space into a home. This chapter discusses the relationship between gendered control, temporality and materiality by detailing how an Iranian asylum seeker in Germany attempts transition between unhome to home. The chapter detailing a theoretical framework which focuses on the interrelationship between agency, space and belonging, offers two elements in relation to gendered control: temporality and materiality. Connections to past homes and future imageries of home are important in conveying the concepts of gendered control whilst materiality reveals how important objects are in control of the space, particularly for men and when they are absent from everyday life. This chapter contributes to the growing interest in the importance of physicality and materiality of home in migration from a gendered aspect.

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  • Mastoureh Fathi, 2024. "Gendered control over space in migrant housing," Chapters, in: Marie McAuliffe & Céline Bauloz (ed.), Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19, chapter 12, pages 168-179, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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