Hobo Jungle
A Homeless Community in Paradise
Seiten
2020
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62637-872-8 (ISBN)
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62637-872-8 (ISBN)
Explores the evolution of unsheltered homelessness through an evocative portrait of a jungle encampment that has endured since the Great Depression in one of the most opulent cities on California's south coast.
For many decades and for many reasons, people who are homeless have chosen to live in camps or other makeshift settings, even when shelters are available. Is this an act of resistance? Of self-preservation? Or are they simply too addicted, too mentally ill, or too criminal to adapt to the rules and regulations of shelter life?
To address these questions, the author explores the evolution of unsheltered homelessness through an evocative portrait of a jungle encampment that has endured since the Great Depression in one of the most opulent cities on California’s south coast.
For many decades and for many reasons, people who are homeless have chosen to live in camps or other makeshift settings, even when shelters are available. Is this an act of resistance? Of self-preservation? Or are they simply too addicted, too mentally ill, or too criminal to adapt to the rules and regulations of shelter life?
To address these questions, the author explores the evolution of unsheltered homelessness through an evocative portrait of a jungle encampment that has endured since the Great Depression in one of the most opulent cities on California’s south coast.
Michele Wakin is professor of sociology at Bridgewater State University.
My Welcome to the Jungle. A Protected Community: 1940s–1950s. Power and Protest: 1980s. Danger and Risk: 2000s. A Hierarchy of Makeshifts. Paradise Revisited.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Boulder, CO |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62637-872-X / 162637872X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62637-872-8 / 9781626378728 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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