This multidisciplinary volume combines academic research with first-hand accounts of homelessness. It describes how people affected by homelessness are perceived as objects through the process of Othering. It also provides examples of how such Othering can be overcome through collaboration, and by providing a platform for people affected by homelessness. The volume argues that stereotypical representations of homelessness, while useful for charity fundraising, do more harm than good. It concludes that organisations tasked with dealing with homelessness must include greater representation from people with direct 'lived experience' of homelessness.
| ISBN: | 9780197267240 |
| Publication date: | 4th November 2021 |
| Author: | Owen Clayton |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
Housing and homelessness Anthropology Social, group or collective psychology |
This multidisciplinary volume combines academic research with first-hand accounts of homelessness. It describes how people affected by homelessness are perceived as objects through the process of Othering. It also provides examples of how such Othering can be overcome through collaboration, and by providing a platform for people affected by homelessness. The volume argues that stereotypical representations of homelessness, while useful for charity fundraising, do more harm than good. It concludes that organisations tasked with dealing with homelessness must include greater representation from people with direct 'lived experience' of homelessness.
Representing Homelessness features in the following genres: Housing and homelessness, Anthropology, Social, group or collective psychology
Representing Homelessness is available in Hardback
Representing Homelessness was written by Owen Clayton and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Representing Homelessness has 234 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series
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