The Homeless Person in Contemporary Society

Cameron Parsell

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Routledge
30 June 2020

Homelessness; Social work; Human geography

The homeless person is thought to be different. Whereas we get to determine our difference or sameness, the homeless person’s difference is imposed upon them and assumed to be known because of their homelessness. Exclusion from housing – either a commodity that should be accessed from the market or social provision – signifies the homeless person’s incapacities and failure to function in what are presented as unproblematic social systems.

Drawing on a program of research spanning ten years, this book provides an empirically grounded account of the lives and identities of people who are homeless. It illustrates that people with chronic experiences of homelessness have relatively predictable biographies characterised by exclusion, poverty, and trauma from early in life. Early experiences of exclusion continue to pervade the lives of people who are homeless in adulthood, yet they identify with family and normative values as a means of imaging aspirational futures.

By: Cameron Parsell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367606978
ISBN 10: 0367606976
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 30 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Homeless Person; Chapter 2: Conceptualising Identities, Human Agency, and Choice; Chapter 3: Identities and Being Homeles; Chapter 4: Choices; Chapter 5: The Service System and The Homeless Person; Conclusion; Index

Cameron Parsell is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia.