Braving the Street

The Anthropology of Homelessness
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-57181-096-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Reihe: Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glasser, Irene

Bridgman, Rae

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Glasser, Irene
Irene Glasser has widely published on homelessness and has been Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University, specializing in urban, applied, and medical anthropology. Since 1994 she has also been Director of Canadian Studies.

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

Irene Glasser has widely published on homelessness and has been Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University, specializing in urban, applied, and medical anthropology. Since 1994 she has also been Director of Canadian Studies.