Rewriting homeless identity : writing as coping in an urban homeless community / Jeremy S. Godfrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godfrey, Jeremy S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless persons' writings, American--History and criticism.

Homeless persons' writings, American.

Marginality, Social, in literature.

Authorship--Psychological aspects.

Authorship.

Homeless persons as artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rewriting Homeless Identity focuses on the identities of untrained homeless writers who negotiated their experiences on the streets through individual writing personas at writing workshops. This book highlights ethnographic research into the writing samples to explore identity and growth through the writing process.

Contents:

Cover-Page; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Identification through Participation; 2 Survey of U.S. Street Newspaper Discourse Analysis:Discourse Model and Measurement; 3 Discourse Analysis of an SNP Phenomenon:The Education Approach; 4 Public Writing and Private Context: A Writing Setting; 5 Coping as Life Motivation; 6 Other Examples of Coping; Conclusion: Liminality, Recovery, and Community Literacy; Appendix: Transcribed Interviews with Some Writers of the Workshop and Overlook; References; Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9036-9

OCLC:

935259252