Working Class Living Style Based on the Notion of Acceptable Privacy: The case of Eua-Arthorn residents
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This qualitative study aims to explore the unique living style of working class people by comparing with middle class living style and to illustrate how the working class lives with family members in limited spaces via the concept of privacy. Twelve in-depth interviews, supplemented with observation, were conducted with the working class people in the Eua Arthorn flats with each household consisting of two to seven members. Findings revealed that, unlike middle class people, the working class in the Eua-Arthorn community had a unique living style concerning family circle, well-being, and practicality. Therefore, domestic life depended on other members and was based on 'practical privacy' which refers to the ability to live with some annoyances. This can be seen in the flexible boundary rule, the sharing habit in households, and the strategy for maintaining temporary privacy
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