02781nam 2200553 a 450 991020884570332120170815161452.01-4443-2465-91-282-69063-997866126906311-4443-2466-7(CKB)2560000000011298(EBL)537373(OCoLC)638860450(MiAaPQ)EBC537373(PPN)162438117(EXLCZ)99256000000001129820100106d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Swept up lives?[electronic resource] re-envisioning the homeless city /Paul Cloke, Jon May and Sarah JohnsenChichester ;Malden, Mass. Wiley-Blackwell20101 online resource (304 p.)RGS-IBG book seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-5386-5 1-4051-5387-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 toRGS-IBG book series.HomelessnessHomeless personsSocial conditionsUrban policyHomelessness.Homeless personsSocial conditions.Urban policy.362.5362.5091732Cloke Paul J902230May Jon55612Johnsen Sarah902231MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910208845703321Swept up lives2016805UNINA