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that is imbued with these instances of self- impression and expression, with memories and experiences” (p. 292). Hayward (1975) has developed types of meanings of home as “physical structure”, “territory”, “locus in space”, “self and self- identity”, and “social and cultural unit”. Hayward (1975) claims that when conceptualizing home as a physical structure, the characteristics are based on physical ones such as, “…dwelling unit type, architectural style, quality of housing stock and minimum space standards”, not based on the dwellers (p. 5). Conceptualizing home as territory, he (1975) means, besides seeing territory just as the “…physical area involving personalization and defense”, the idea of seeing home as territory also includes “…familiarity, belongingness, predictability, and a spatial framework of behavior” (p. 5). The idea of home as the locus in space means, home is “…a central point of reference in the world … home is where one starts out from and returns to” (p. 6). Conceptualizing home as self and self- identity, Hayward (1975) states that “…self- identity and sense of self are important parts of home and choices about home. …there are strong indications that a dwelling offers a person a rare chance to create expressions of himself” (pp. 6- 7). Lastly, the home can be conceptualized as social or cultural unit with an emphasis on the family or community. 6
Home can be seen as the symbol of self. It is stated that “the house … nicely reflects how man sees himself, with both an intimate interior... and public exterior or the self that we choose to display to others” (Cooper, 1974, p. 131). Living rooms are the places where private and public activities are performed. It was stated that living room is the “…transactional space for the household as well as a stage for selective contacts with the outside world” (Riggins, 1994, p. 101), and living room is “…a cultural setting for public display to guests” (Hummon, 1989, p. 223) and acts like a stage while more intimate places like bedrooms are acting like back stages. As the places where guests are hosted, living rooms are being used to reflect the dweller’s identity (Wilson & Mackenzie, 2000). Dwellers design living rooms for their own pleasure and they also try to please and impress guests (Rechavi, 2009). In the living rooms dwellers have ostentation strategies (Amaturo, Costagliola & Ragone, 1987). Laumann and House (1970) states that, "the living room is the area where ‘performances’ for guests are most often given, and hence the ‘setting’ of it must be appropriate to the performance” (p.190). The décor of the living room is an indicator of taste more than that of the other rooms in the house, not only as a result of economic status of dwellers, but because the living room is the place where dwellers aim to give the best impression about themselves and their dwellings (Laumann & House, 1970). Dwellers express their image, and give messages about themselves to people whom they invite to their house. 7
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Page 18 and 19: The psychological context of the ho
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Page 26 and 27: house (Bachelard, 1969). On the oth
Page 28 and 29: Lastly, the modern type of a house
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Page 32 and 33: Figure 2.5. The living area in trad
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Number of Houses Few Days in a Moun
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family rooms, intentions related to
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Therefore, it can be said that the
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activities and hosting guests. In t
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indicates that older respondents sp
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Interestingly, the wife of that res
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The person whose identity is reflec
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female respondents. Previous studie
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Figure 3.27. Photograph of a Living
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Figure 3.30. Photograph of a living
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Figure 3.33. Photograph of a living
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then the objects in the living room
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espondents designed their living ro
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Cromley, E. C. (1990). Alone togeth
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Rybczynski, W. (1987). Home: A shor
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14- What changes do you plan to mak
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Table B.4. Intentions related to fu
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Table B.11. Time spent in the house
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Table B.15. Independent samples t-
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Table B.18. Gender vs. The person w
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Table B.22. Aesthetical objects vs.
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