Out of place : homeless mobilizations, subcities, and contested landscapes / Talmadge Wright. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Talmadge.

Series:

SUNY series, interruptions -- border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s.

SUNY series, Interruptions -- Border testimony(ies) and critical discourses

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--United States.

Homelessness.

Homeless persons--United States--Political activity.

Homeless persons.

Public spaces--United States.

Public spaces.

Urban renewal--Social aspects--United States.

Urban renewal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 408 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Contents:

Introduction: Out of Place

Social-Physical Space, Social Imaginaries, and Homeless Identities

Urban Redevelopment Visions, Social Imaginaries, Polarized Topographies

Making Pleasure and Refuse: Chicago and San Jose

Authoritative Strategies, Borders, and Homeless Containment

Homeless Mobilizations and Spatial Resistances

Homeless Placemaking, Collective Identity, and Collective Action

Conclusions.

Credits:

Production by Dana Foote.

Marketing by Nancy Farrell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Excerpts from the Chicago Tribune concerning West Loop Shelters are reprinted with permission of Stein, 1992 © Chicago Tribune Company. All rights reserved.

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany.

Printed in the United States of America.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic. magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying. recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.

ISBN:

1-4384-2446-9

0-585-06395-8

Publisher Number:

2027/heb33303 hdl