Youth Homelessness in Late Modernity

Reflexive Identities and Moral Worth

AvDavid Farrugia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del 1 i serien Perspectives on Children and Young People

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Beskrivning

This book explores the identities, embodied experiences, and personal relationships of young people experiencing homelessness, and analyses these in relation to the material and symbolic position that youth homelessness occupies in modern societies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-08
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:424 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Perspectives on Children and Young People
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789812876843

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Dr David Farrugia holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and is lecturer in Youth Sociology at the University of Newcastle. His expertise is in sociological understandings of youth, youth homelessness, and contemporary youth identities. David has conducted research in urban and rural communities on inequality and youth identity, focusing on the relationship between youth identities and inequalities in a context of social change. Dr Farrugia also contributes to debates in contemporary sociological theory concerning reflexivity and inequality, and on social practices in complex societies. David is the author of papers published in the British Journal of Sociology, Sociology, the Journal of Youth Studies and Current Sociology, as well as a number of scholarly book chapters.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Youth Homelessness.- Chapter 2 Youth Homelessness, Reflexivity and Inequality in Late Modernity.- Chapter 3 Young Homeless Subjectivities: A Symbolic Economy.- Chapter 4 Identity: Becoming a Homeless Youth.- Chapter 5 Identity: Subverting Homelessness and Making a Home.- Chapter 6 Bodies: Being and Feeling Homeless.- Chapter 7 Relationships: Constructing the Other, Constructing the Self.- Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Symbolic Economy of Youth Homelessness and the Purpose of Homelessness Research.- Chapter 9 Afterword: The Practice of Ethical Research Interviews with Homeless Youth.