Struggling in the Land of Plenty
Race, Class, and Gender in the Lives of Homeless Families
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2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0076-9 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0076-9 (ISBN)
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Struggling in the Land of Plenty examines how gendered and racialized poverty, social structural inequality, intimate partner violence, and welfare reform have contributed to the rise in family homelessness, exposing the devastating consequences for women and their children.
At the conclusion of the twentieth century, the US economy was booming, but the gap between the rich and poor widened significantly in the 1990s, poverty rates among women and children skyrocketed, and there was an unprecedented rise in familial homelessness. Based on a four-year ethnographic study, Anne R. Roschelle examines how socially structured race, class, and gender inequality contributed to the rise in family homelessness and the devastating consequences for parents and their children. Struggling in the Land of Plenty analyzes the appalling conditions under which homeless women and children live, the violence endemic to their lives, the role of the welfare state in perpetrating poverty, and their never-ending struggle for survival.
At the conclusion of the twentieth century, the US economy was booming, but the gap between the rich and poor widened significantly in the 1990s, poverty rates among women and children skyrocketed, and there was an unprecedented rise in familial homelessness. Based on a four-year ethnographic study, Anne R. Roschelle examines how socially structured race, class, and gender inequality contributed to the rise in family homelessness and the devastating consequences for parents and their children. Struggling in the Land of Plenty analyzes the appalling conditions under which homeless women and children live, the violence endemic to their lives, the role of the welfare state in perpetrating poverty, and their never-ending struggle for survival.
Anne R. Roschelle is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Introduction
Chapter 1: San Francisco: The Best City on Earth
Chapter 2: Home is Where the [Broken] Heart Is
Chapter 3: The Unraveling Social Safety Net
Chapter 4: The Tattered Web of Kinship
Chapter 5: Life’s a Bitch: The Everyday Struggle for Survival
Chapter 6: Paradise Lost: The Lived Experiences of Homeless Kids
Conclusion
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-0076-7 / 1793600767 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-0076-9 / 9781793600769 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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