Homes of the Homeless - On Studying Crisis Situations

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-83-233-4610-4
Verlag: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 169 mm, Gewicht: 362 g

This book examines the image of home as experienced and expressed by the men and women who are affected by the crisis of homelessness and live in specialized institutions. The author presents her own experience in carrying out research in total institutions and, above all, she focuses on describing and interpreting the stories of people from homeless centers who speak about the ups and downs of their lives. The researcher draws her attention to the stereotypically idealized image of home, which shows its real face when it is seen as a social construct, taking into account the gender perspective as well as other cultural and individual contexts. The book is addressed to people who have a social sensibility; to people working with and for the men and the women who are affected by the homelessness crisis; who work and/or managed the aid centers and who are also the volunteers in different types of instutitons and associations addressed to the people in need; and to students of social science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuzma, Inga B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit

Über Autor(innen)

Inga B. Kuzma is a professor of cultural anthropology in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Culture at the University of Lódz, where she is the head of the Laboratory of Practical Anthropology and the coordinator of the Social Innovation Center. She is a member of F.E.R. Eurethno and an expert in the Housing Rights Cluster of FEANTSA.