Performing housing debt attachments: forming semi-financialised subjects

• Published in: Journal of cultural economy Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 549 - 564
• Main Author: Samec, Tomáš
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.11.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Debt; Economics; Emotions; financialisation; homeownership; Morality; mortgages; Performativity; Time

This article contributes to the understanding of how first-time buyers and their parents form attachments to housing debt. Interviews, carried out in the Czech Republic, with 40 first-time homebuyers and 10 with their parents were used to identify multiple layers of debt performativity. These layers...