Youth Homelessness and Survival Sex - Intimate Relationships and Gendered Subjectivities

List of contents

AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: youth homelessness, gender, and the significance of survival sexChapter 2. Young homeless women and the neoliberal subjectChapter 3. Social capital, performativity, and gendered subjectivities in the homeless sphereChapter 4. Survival sex, stigma, and managing material conditionsChapter 5. Survival sex and gender-based violenceChapter 6. Intimate relationships, social exclusion, and belongingChapter 7. Constructing authentic selvesChapter 8. Conclusion: diversifying homelessnessAppendix: more storiesIndex

Summary

In Youth Homelessness and Survival Sex, Watson’s analysis of personal narratives reveals how young homeless women are exposed to situations in which survival can be impeded or assisted by playing out specific gender roles. This book shows that homelessness is not a gender-neutral phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Juliet Watson, Juliet (Rmit University Watson, Watson Juliet
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138714649
• ISBN: 978-1-138-71464-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical Sociology, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men