“The house of friendship”: Ways to build and mean the own home in young people of the city of Buenos Aires

Authors

  • Magdalena Felice Universidad de Buenos Aires

Abstract

On the basis of a qualitative-interpretative strategy, the article analyzes the experiences of young middle class people living in a shared house from the City of Buenos Aires during the process of building their own home. Among the results, it is highlighted that friends constitute a fundamental emotional support, while the partnership with peers allows facing the challenge of leaving the origin family home and building a home of their own. In turn, the "house of friendship" is presented as a space of youth sociability that contributes to the conformation of subjectivity.

Keywords:

youth transitions, home, autonomy

Author Biography

Magdalena Felice, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Magister en Sociología Económica, Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (IDAES/UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Licenciada y Profesora en Sociología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Doctoranda en el Programa de Sociología del IDAES/UNSAM. Becaria del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) de la República Argentina en el Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (IIGG) de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Este artículo recoge resultados de una investigación realizada durante 2013 y 2015 en el marco de la tesis de maestría en Sociología Económica. Email: magdalenafelice@gmail.com.