Debted Objects: Homemaking in an Era of Mortgage-Enabled Consumption

This paper assesses the relevance of mortgage-led consumption for the assemblage of home. Drawing on qualitative research completed in the UK, we show how the materials and meanings of owner-occupation are constituted by, and experienced through, the accumulation and deployment of secured debt. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cook, N., Smith, Susan, Searle, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63052