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Record Nr.

UNINA9910208845703321

Autore

Cloke Paul J

Titolo

Swept up lives? [[electronic resource] ] : re-envisioning the homeless city / / Paul Cloke, Jon May and Sarah Johnsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-4443-2465-9

1-282-69063-9

9786612690631

1-4443-2466-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Altri autori (Persone)

MayJon

JohnsenSarah

Disciplina

362.5

362.5091732

Soggetti

Homelessness

Homeless persons - Social conditions

Urban policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: re-envisioning the homeless city -- From neoliberalisation to post-secularism -- Tactics and performativities in the homeless city -- "He's not homeless, he shouldn't have any food": outdoor relief in a postsecular age -- "It's like you can almost be normal again": refuge and resource in Britain's day centres -- "It's been a tough night, huh?": hopelessness (and hope) in Britain's homeless hostels -- Big city blues: uneven geographies of provision in the homeless city -- On the margins of the homeless city: caring for homeless people in rural areas -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Utilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people Presents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in perspective in the analysis and understanding of urban homelessnessEmphasizes the ethical and emotional geographies of care embodied and performed within homeless services spacesSuggests that different homelessness



'scenes' develop in different places due to varied historical, political, and cultural responses to