Braving the Street : : The Anthropology of Homelessness / / Irene Glasser, Rae Bridgman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Glasser, Irene,; Bridgman, Rae,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (146 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 -- Index