Elizabeth Carpenter-Song

Families on the Edge

Experiences of Homelessness and Care in Rural New England

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Produktbeschreibung

"Follows the experiences of families who have experienced homelessness in New England, tracing their struggles to maintain stable housing and their engagements with mental health and social services"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 229mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 244g
• ISBN-13: 9780262546188
• ISBN-10: 0262546183
• Artikelnr.: 67792160

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Carpenter-Song is currently Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. Her work has been published in journals ranging from Ethos to Psychiatric Services to Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Prelude xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Becoming Homeless in Rural New England 17
3 Life on the Edge 45
4 Paradoxes of Care 71
5 Shattered Families 97
6 Toward Security Following Homelessness 121
7 Conclusion 137
Epilogue: Notes from the Pandemic 147
Appendix: Family Housing Trajectories 149
Notes 153
References 159
Index 173