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Braving the Street - The Anthropology of Homelessness

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As homelessness continues to plague North America and also becomes more widespread in Europe, anthropologists turn their attention to solving the puzzle of why people in some of the most advanced technological societies in the world are found huddled in a subway tunnel, squatting in a vacant building, living in a shelter, or camping out in an abandoned field or on a beach. Anthropologists have a long tradition of working in poverty subcultures and have been able to contribute answers to some of the puzzles of homelessness through their ability to enter the culture of the homeless without some of the preconceptions of other disciplines.

The authors, anthropologists from the U.S.A. and Canada, offer us an analysis of homelessness that is grounded in anthropological research in North America and throughout the world. Both have in-depth experience through working in communities of the homeless and present us withthe results of their own work and with that of their colleagues.

List of contents










List of Tables and Figures, Photos and Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Homelessness and Anthropological Perspectives

Chapter 2. Patterns of Homelessness

Chapter 3. Explaining Homelessness

Chapter 4. Surviving the Streets

Chapter 5. Pathways Out of Homelessness

Chapter 6. Concluding Thoughts

Bibliography


About the author










Rae Bridgman is Research Associate at the Department of Social Anthropology of York University, Canada.


Summary

The authors, anthropologists from the U.S.A. and Canada, offer us an analysis of homelessness that is grounded in anthropological research in North America and throughout the world. Both have in-depth experience through working in communities of the homeless and present us withthe results of their own work and with that of their colleagues.

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“This slim, useful book ... is suitable for students ... The fairly tight North American focus allows for great accuracy and detail, and the Canadian material is especially interesting, because Canadian social policy is less well known than that of the United States, and seems far more progressive on homelessness.”   ·  The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

"[The authors] present key themes from the available literature in a way that affords policy makers and other practitioners access to what it is that anthropology has to offer in thinking about and responding to homelessness on a day-to-day, ground level. In this endeavor, [the book] is supremely successful."   · American Anthropologist

Product details

Authors Rae Bridgeman, Rae Bridgman, Irene Glassen, Irene Glasser
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.04.1999
 
EAN 9781571810960
ISBN 978-1-57181-096-0
No. of pages 146
Dimensions 145 mm x 222 mm x 11 mm
Weight 326 g
Series Public Issues in Anthropologic
Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective
Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Urban Studies, Anthropology (General)

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