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Villaliv i Ekebäck : om generationsskiften och gentrifiering

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Villaliv i Ekebäck : om generationsskiften och gentrifiering / Kerstin Gunnemark.

Author

Gunnemark, Kerstin

Publication

Göteborg : Makadam, [2022]
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123 pages, 1 folded leaf : illustrations (partly color), plan, portrait; 23 cm

Summary

Realizing house dreams via the purchase of old villas has become increasingly trendy in Sweden during the 2000s. Ekebäck in Gothenburg is an example of a popular residential area with a century-old history. In Villaliv i Ekebäck, new villa owners talk about their renovations and interior design ideals. What did they know about the neighborhood before they moved there? Why did they want to live there? The generational shifts are clear markers of changes over time. Settler households with meager living conditions in the early 20th century were followed by 1960s young artists and left-wing sympathizers who had low claims to comfort and cherished the small-scale environment. Among today's villa owners there is an interest in reuse and a sustainable lifestyle.0Nowadays it is clear that Ekebäck, like many other old working-class areas around Sweden, has undergone a gentrification process. Other investigations in this field concern areas with multi-family houses, but ethnology professor Kerstin Gunnemark's study of Ekebäck is unique as it draws attention to the transformation of a residential area over a hundred-year period.
Att förverkliga husdrömmar via köp av gamla villor har blivit allt trendigare i Sverige under 2000-talet. Ekebäck i Göteborg är exempel på ett populärt villaområde med hundraårig historia. I Villaliv i Ekebäck berättar nya villaägare om sina renoveringar och inredningsideal. Vad visste de om stadsdelen innan de flyttade dit' Varför ville de bo där'0Generationsskiftena är tydliga markörer för förändringar över tid. Nybyggarhushåll med knappa levnadsvillkor under tidigt 1900-tal följdes av 1960-talets unga konstnärer och vänstersympatisörer som hade låga anspråk på komfort och värnade om den småskaliga miljön. Bland dagens villaägare gäller intresse för återbruk och hållbar livsstil.0Numera är det uppenbart att Ekebäck i likhet med många andra gamla arbetarklassområden runt om i Sverige genomgått en gentrifieringsprocess. Andra undersökningar inom detta fält rör områden med flerfamiljshus, men etnologiprofessor Kerstin Gunnemarks studie av Ekebäck är unik då den uppmärksammar en villastadsdels omvandling under en hundraårsperiod.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-123).

ISBN

9789170613906
9170613907

LCCN

9789170613906

OCLC

on1370538324
1370538324
SCSB-14498977

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