Editing Home (section)

=== Modern era ===
[[File:Worker home from 1911 in Helsinki.jpg|thumb|Industrialization brought mass migration to cities. This one-room worker home from [[Helsinki]] is typical to late 19th century and early 20th century, often housing large families.<ref>City of Helsinki (2022): Display captions in the Worker Housing Museum.</ref>]]
According to [[Kirsten Gram-Hanssen]], "It can be argued that historically and cross-culturally there is not always [a] strong relation between the concept of home and the physical building, and that this mode of thinking is rooted in [[Age of Enlightenment|the Enlightenment]] of the seventeenth century".<ref name=":0" /> Before, one's home was more public than private; traits such as privacy, intimacy and familiarity would proceed to achieve greater prominence, aligning the concept with the [[bourgeoisie]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kreiczer-Levy |first=Shelly |date=2014 |title=Intergenerational Relations and the Family Home |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/lehr-2014-0004 |journal=The Law & Ethics of Human Rights |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=131–160 |doi=10.1515/lehr-2014-0004 |s2cid=146596570 |issn=2194-6531|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The connection between home and house was reinforced by a [[case law]] declaration from [[Edward Coke]]: "The house of everyman is to him as his castle and fortress, as well as his defense against injury and violence, as for his repose". Colloquially, this was adapted into the phrase "The Englishman's home is his castle" which popularised the notion of home as house.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Mallett |first=Shelley |date=2004 |title=Understanding Home: A Critical Review of the Literature |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.2004.00442.x |journal=The Sociological Review |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=62–89 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-954x.2004.00442.x |s2cid=141848481 |issn=0038-0261|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

A result of the longstanding association between home and women, 18th century English women, of upper-class status, were scorned for pursuing activities outside of the home, thus seen to be of undesirable character.<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=Judith S. |date=2009 |title=When a House Is Not a Home: Elite English Women and the Eighteenth-Century Country House |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25483038 |journal=Journal of British Studies |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=336–363 |doi=10.1086/596124 |jstor=25483038 |issn=0021-9371|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The concept of home took on unprecedent prominence by the 18th century, reified by cultural practice.<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal |last=Harvey |first=Karen |date=2009 |title=Men Making Home: Masculinity and Domesticity in Eighteenth-Century Britain |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0424.2009.01569.x |journal=Gender & History |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=520–540 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0424.2009.01569.x |s2cid=145277189 |issn=0953-5233|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The concept of a [[Home automation|smart home]] arose in the 19th century in turn with electricity having been introduced to homes in a limited capacity.<ref name=":0" /> The distinction between home and work formulated in the 20th century, with home acting as sanctuary.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Imrie |first=Rob |date=2004 |title=Disability, embodiment and the meaning of the home |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0267303042000249189 |journal=Housing Studies |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=745–763 |doi=10.1080/0267303042000249189 |bibcode=2004HouSt..19..745I |s2cid=143978616 |issn=0267-3037|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Modern definitions portray home as a site of supreme comfort and familial intimacy, operating as a buffer to the greater world.<ref name=":10" />