Representing homelessness / edited by Owen Clayton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clayton, Owen, editor.

Oxford Academic

Series:

Proceedings of the British Academy ; 239.

Proceedings of the British Academy, 0068-1202 ; 239

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness.

Homelessness in mass media.

Homelessness in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Introduction: 'I already have a voice': the representation and self-representation of homelessness / Owen Clayton

1. The neuroscience underlying dehumanised perception towards people who are homeless / Nuoya Tan and Lasana T. Harris

2. Representing homelessness in British newspapers: a contemporary consideration / Juliet Foster

3. The power of one: the media and homeless stereotypes / Paul Atherton

4. Framing communication for social change: the campaign to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824 / Nick Morris

5. Ending homelessness for good: a manifesto / Lígia Teixeira

6. Hidden in plain sight: power, dehumanisation and (mis)representation in homelessness / Jess Turtle and Matt Turtle

7. Leaving out and living rough: on the materiality of absence in literary representations of the homeless experience / Tymon Adamczewski

8. My experiences of homelessness / Emma Forshaw

9. Autonomy, public space and emplacement: an examination of graffiti on Los Angeles's Skid Row / Susan A. Phillips

10. 'Who said I was a bum?' Self-presentation in the "Hobo" News, 1915-1924 / Owen Clayton

11. Framing the crime: Anthony Luvera in conversation with Julian Stallabrass / Anthony Luvera and Julian Stallabrass

Conclusion / Owen Clayton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191965074 (electronic bk.)

0191965073 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90101317068

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.