Vanessa Oliver

Healing Home

Health and Homelessness in the Life Stories of Young Women

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Applying a strong, articulate, and systemic analysis to on-the-ground narratives, Oliver is able to offer fresh, incisive recommendations for health and social service providers with the potential to effect real-world change for this marginalized population.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781442613447
• ISBN-10: 1442613440
• Artikelnr.: 37052141

Autorenporträt

Vanessa Oliver is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Mount Allison University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface: A Room of One’s Own
I. “The Story Behind the Story”: An Introduction
II. “Once Upon A Time”: Storying Feminist Theory in Neoliberal Times
III. “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman…Soon”: A Narrative Project
IV. “Girls Aloud”: Narratives and Self-Stories: Savannah; Danika; Erin;
Jean; Radha; Faith & Raven; Arielle
V. “Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice”: Age, Space, Gender and Health
VI. “Seen and Not Heard”: Negotiating Health and Wellness
VII. “Begging for Change”: Barriers, Facilitators and Implications
VIII. “Living in a Material World”: Challenges and Change
IX: “A Journey of a Thousand Miles”: One Conclusion
Youth Resources List
References