Beside one's self : homelessness felt and lived / Catherine Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Catherine.

Series:

Space, place, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--Australia.

Homelessness.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xxi, 170 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Homelessness research, decided Robinson (U. of Technology, Australia) as she conducted her ethnographic research with young homeless people in Sydney, Australia, has failed to adequately engage with the "feeling-states" central to homelessness and the process of conducting research on homelessness, particularly the feeling of being without the orienting geography of home. These are twin silences, she feels, and so she includes her own "researching body" into the field work scene and as a research participant as she discusses her ethnographic and biographic consideration of the emotional and corporeal experiences that attend homelessness and the need for embodied practices of care in research, service delivery, policy development, and public engagement with the homeless. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction : homelessness felt and lived : "inadmissaible evidence"

Corporeography : sensing the other

Beside one's self

"Doing the geographical"

Outside community

Conclusion : remaking homelessness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815632528

0815632525

OCLC:

681500703