Living in the Liminal: A Study of Homelessness in Cleveland, Ohio - Softcover

Shaw, Sarah Kerr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659534285 ISBN 13: 9783659534287

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

People of all cultures experience liminal, or transitory, states. However, some subcultures exist almost exclusively in liminality. This work explores the protracted liminal state experienced by homeless men in Cleveland, Ohio. Many contemporary views of homelessness were established in the early part of the twentieth century, during the Great Depression. These views have given rise to a set of archetypes used to attempt to classify the perceived chaos of the liminal state. By comparing historical data with contemporary fieldwork, this work demonstrates how these archetypes have and haven't changed in the last seventy years, and gives a glimpse into the lives of some of those who live in the liminal.

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Sarah Kerr Shaw is an independent scholar who holds degrees from Ohio University and Kent State University. She lives in San Francisco, California.Author photo by Russell Hosking.

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• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3659534285
• ISBN 13: 9783659534287
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
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