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" Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders : "
Teresa Gowan.
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BL
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700657
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b522846
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Gowan, Teresa.
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Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders : : homeless in San Francisco /\ Teresa Gowan.
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, 2010.
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xxiv, 340 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm.
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0816648697 (hc : acid-free paper)
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: 0816669678 (pb : acid-free paper)
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: 9780816648696 (hc : acid-free paper)
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: 9780816669677 (pb : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-328) and index.
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| Contents
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Urban ethnography beyond the culture wars -- Managing homelessness in the United States -- The street : watch out, San Francisco! Ain't gonna get no peace -- Moorings : some other kind of life -- Word on the street : no one loves a loser -- The new hobos -- Rabble management : like I need more drugs in my life? -- The homeless archipelago : a little room for myself -- The old runaround : class cleansing in San Francisco -- The road to Nowheresville.
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Gowan shows some of the diverse ways that men on the street in San Francisco struggle for survival, autonomy, and self-respect. Living for weeks at a time among homeless men--working side-by-side with them as they collected cans, bottles, and scrap metal; helping them set up camp; watching and listening as they panhandled and hawked newspapers; and accompanying them into soup kitchens, jails, welfare offices, and shelters--Gowan immersed herself in their routines, their personal stories, and their perspectives on life on the streets. She observes a wide range of survival techniques, from the illicit to the industrious, from drug dealing to dumpster diving. She also discovered that prevailing discussions about homelessness and its causes--homelessness as pathology, homelessness as moral failure, and homelessness as systemic failure--powerfully affect how homeless people see themselves and their ability to change their situation.
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Homeless men-- California-- San Francisco.
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Homeless persons-- California-- San Francisco.
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Homelessness-- California-- San Francisco.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.509794/61
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HV4506.S355G69 2010
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