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 Content
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
About the author
Rae Bridgman is Research Associate at the Department of Social Anthropology of York University, Canada.
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