Road Dogs and Loners

Family Relationships among Homeless Men

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Using ethnographic interviews, an affiliation scale, and observational data from two "soup kitchens" of homeless men, Road Dogs and Loners investigates the various family types that homeless road dogs and loners rely on for support. Pippert specifically compares homeless men who typically partnered up with homeless men who were self-described loners. The groups are compared here in terms of their contact and support with biological, created, and fictive families. Interdisciplinary in nature, this work tackles themes that are relevant to the study of social class, stratification, economics, social problems, family sociology, social theory and research methods. Road Dogs and Loners provides an updated and in-depth, personal perspective on the lives and relationships of homeless men in America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-04-26
Mått:154 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt:259 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:164
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739115862

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Timothy D. Pippert is associate professor of sociology at Augsburg College.

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Timothy Pippert's Road Dogs and Loners offers the most in-depth look at familial relationships of homeless men available today. The author has richly connected his analysis to current literature in the fields of homelessness, family, and gender. Pippert presents a sobering portrait of relational and material poverty across generations, as well as chronicling the efforts of homeless men to forge friendship and "fictive kin" relationships on the streets. This hold-no-punches book is a valuable contribution to the literatures on homelessness, family, and gender at the start of the twenty-first century.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Learning from the FightChapter 2 The Homeless and their RelationshipsChapter 3 Road Dogs and LonersChapter 4 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Chapter 5 Ex-Wife, Can You Spare a Dime?Chapter 6 Can Anyone Exchange a Dime?Chapter 7 I Got Me a Road DogChapter 8 Beyond the Streets of Plainview