Helter-Shelter : Security, Legality, and an Ethic of Care in an Emergency Shelter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ranasinghe, Prashan, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless persons--Care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Homeless persons.

Homeless persons--Services for--Moral and ethical aspects.

Shelters for the homeless.

Homeless persons--Services for.

Homeless persons--Care.

Physical Description:

272 pages

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Helter-Shelter is an ethnographic account of the manner in which an emergency shelter is governed on a daily basis, from the perspective of the personnel who are employed and tasked with providing care. Prashan Ranasinghe focuses on how the founding ethos of the shelter, an ethic of care, is conceptualized and practiced by examining its successes and failures. Ranasinghe reveals how this logic is diluted and adulterated because of two other important logics, security and legality, which, working alongside, take precedence and trump the import of care. The care that is deployed is heavily legalized and securitized and it is also administered inconsistently and idiosyncratically. As a result, disorder and confusion pervade the shelter. Helter-Shelter offers a unique perspective on the delivery of care, and how this laudable intention faces such daunting challenges."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction 3

2 Locating the Shelter, Locating an Ethic of Care 17

3 An Inside (and Closer) Look at the Shelter: Spatial Tactics and the Aesthetics of an Ethic of Care 41

4 From the Mundane to the Chaotic: The (Un)Making of an Ethic of Care 81

5 The Securitization of an Ethic of Care and the Administration of Chaos 123

6 Gendered Security and a Gendered an Ethic of Care 155

7 The Logic of Legality and the Administration of Chaos 183

8 From the Laughable to the Ridiculous: The Example of "Zero-Tolerance" 211

9 Conclusion 225.

ISBN:

9781487522063

1487522061

OCLC:

1002669732