Constructions of Public and Private Spheres in the Soviet Communal Apartment: Erving Goffmans Notion of Territories of Self

The conceptual categories public and private are constantly contested in our everyday lives. Even the simplest debates about our rights to private property; the occupation of a shared space of living; the form of our relations with family members, neighbours, and strangers; our styles of dressing; and a states right to intervene our ways of living involve the distinction between public and private spheres. In all our relations to people, objects, and spaces, we demarcate boundaries between public and private. These unconsciously drawn boundaries often correspond to the boundaries drawn by other members of our society. However, they may vary

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