| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 186 pages) |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The beginning -- The road to homelessness -- The stigma of homelessness -- A sheltered, homeless, day -- On the street -- Making money -- Navigating the bureaucracy -- Home at last -- Blind and delusional. |
| Summary |
"A decade ago, two dog owners met in a dog park, one an anthropologist, the other a homeless veteran with a felony record. The collaboration that came out of their emerging friendship led to this book and came to include a union researcher who had worked in a homeless shelter and surveyed day laborers. Together, the authors offer an ethnographic look at what it takes to be homeless, told through interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people. Throughout the book, we are privy to exchanges that take place in the diverse contexts ranging from a shelter, a pawn shop, and a panhandling corner to a housing office, a plasma 'donation' center, and a car that serves as home"-- Provided by publisher |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 08, 2020). |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Homeless persons -- United States.
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Homelessness -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Homeless persons. (OCoLC)fst00959445
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Homelessness. (OCoLC)fst00959545
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Indexed Term |
homelessness, homeless shelters, poverty, ethnography, affordable housing, stigma, veterans, compassion. |
| Added Author |
Kordosky, Jason, author.
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Moore, Ross (Homeless person), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Small, Cathy. Man in the dog park. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501748783 (DLC) 2019038321 |
| ISBN |
1501748807 (electronic book) |
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9781501748790 (electronic publication) |
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1501748793 (electronic publication) |
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9781501748806 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.7591/9781501748806 doi |
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