Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders
Teresa Gowan · 2010
על הספר
Gowan shows some of the diverse ways that men on the street in San Francisco struggle for survival, autonomy, and self-respect. Living for weeks at a time among homeless men--working side-by-side with them as they collected cans, bottles, and scrap metal; helping them set up camp; watching and listening as they panhandled and hawked newspapers; and accompanying them into soup kitchens, jails, welfare offices, and shelters--Gowan immersed herself in their routines, their personal stories, and their perspectives on life on the streets. She observes a wide range of survival techniques, from the illicit to the industrious, from drug dealing to dumpster diving. She also discovered that prevailing discussions about homelessness and its causes--homelessness as pathology, homelessness as moral failure, and homelessness as systemic failure--powerfully affect how homeless people see themselves and their ability to change their situation.
פרטי הספר
- שנה
- 2010
- שפה
- English
- הוצאה
- University of Minnesota Press
- מהדורות
- 3
- עמודים
- 340
- ISBN
- 9780816648696
מקור הנתונים: Wikidata
