Precarious Intimacies

Generation, Rent and Reproducing Relationships in London
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2486-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

In a time of increasing social and economic inequality, this book illustrates the precarity experienced by millennials facing both rising rents and wage stagnation. Featuring the voices of those with lived experience of precarity in north-east London, MacNeil Taylor focuses on intimacy, reproduction and emotional labour.

The book widens readers’ understanding of a middle-class ‘generation rent’ beyond those locked out of anticipated home ownership by considering both social and private renters. Situated in a feminist and queer theoretical framework, the book reveals the crucial role of British policy-making on housing, welfare, and immigration in exacerbating inter- and intra-generational inequality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacNeil Taylor, Faith

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Precarious Intimacy

3. Obstructing Reproduction

4. Labours

5. Feeling Space

6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Faith Taylor is a scholar, playworker and musician. They have held academic and research posts at Royal Holloway, University of London and the London Assembly. They currently run community singing groups and teach musical theatre at London Media Academy.