Homes of the Homeless
On Studying Crisis Situations
Pages: 210
Book format: 16,8x24 cm
Publication date: 2019
Book description
This book examines the image of home as experienced and expressed by the men and women who are affected by the crisis of homelessness and live in specialized institutions. The author presents her own experience in carrying out research in total institutions and, above all, she focuses on describing and interpreting the stories of people from homeless centers who speak about the ups and downs of their lives. The researcher draws her attention to the stereotypically idealized image of home, which shows its real face when it is seen as a social construct, taking into account the gender perspective as well as other cultural and individual contexts. The book is addressed to people who have a social sensibility; to people working with and for the men and the women who are affected by the homelessness crisis; who work and/or managed the aid centers and who are also the volunteers in different types of instutitons and associations addressed to the people in need; and to students of social science.
Abour author
Inga B. Kuźma is a professor of cultural anthropology in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Culture at the University of Łódź, where she is the head of the Laboratory of Practical Anthropology and the coordinator of the Social Innovation Center. She is a member of F.E.R. Eurethno and an expert in the Housing Rights Cluster of FEANTSA.
ISBN: 978-83-233-4610-4
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Homes of the Homeless
On Studying Crisis Situations
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Anthropological Studies on Predicaments and Crises: Homelessness and ‘Homefulness’ 7
2. Home in Cultural and Social Studies 23
2.1. Phenomenology of Home 25
2.2. Home across History 26
2.3. Housing Studies 30
2.4. Gender Perspectives in Home Studies 33
3. Life at Institutions 41
3.1. Historical Reality 41
3.2. Contemporary Institutions from Within 52
3.2.1. Order, Hygienic Regime, and Search for Intimacy 55
3.2.2. Panopticism in a Total Institution 70
3.2.3. Dwelling in an Institution 77
4. Life Stories: The Experience of ‘Homefulness’ and Homelessness 83
5. Conclusion: Need for Further Research and Need for a Change 187
6. References 197
2. Home in Cultural and Social Studies 23
2.1. Phenomenology of Home 25
2.2. Home across History 26
2.3. Housing Studies 30
2.4. Gender Perspectives in Home Studies 33
3. Life at Institutions 41
3.1. Historical Reality 41
3.2. Contemporary Institutions from Within 52
3.2.1. Order, Hygienic Regime, and Search for Intimacy 55
3.2.2. Panopticism in a Total Institution 70
3.2.3. Dwelling in an Institution 77
4. Life Stories: The Experience of ‘Homefulness’ and Homelessness 83
5. Conclusion: Need for Further Research and Need for a Change 187
6. References 197
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Anthropological Studies on Predicaments and Crises: Homelessness and ‘Homefulness’ 7
2. Home in Cultural and Social Studies 23
2.1. Phenomenology of Home 25
2.2. Home across History 26
2.3. Housing Studies 30
2.4. Gender Perspectives in Home Studies 33
3. Life at Institutions 41
3.1. Historical Reality 41
3.2. Contemporary Institutions from Within 52
3.2.1. Order, Hygienic Regime, and Search for Intimacy 55
3.2.2. Panopticism in a Total Institution 70
3.2.3. Dwelling in an Institution 77
4. Life Stories: The Experience of ‘Homefulness’ and Homelessness 83
5. Conclusion: Need for Further Research and Need for a Change 187
6. References 197
2. Home in Cultural and Social Studies 23
2.1. Phenomenology of Home 25
2.2. Home across History 26
2.3. Housing Studies 30
2.4. Gender Perspectives in Home Studies 33
3. Life at Institutions 41
3.1. Historical Reality 41
3.2. Contemporary Institutions from Within 52
3.2.1. Order, Hygienic Regime, and Search for Intimacy 55
3.2.2. Panopticism in a Total Institution 70
3.2.3. Dwelling in an Institution 77
4. Life Stories: The Experience of ‘Homefulness’ and Homelessness 83
5. Conclusion: Need for Further Research and Need for a Change 187
6. References 197
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