Homes of the Homeless

• Druk: Łódź, 2019
• Autor: Inga B. Kuźma
• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

The book presents the image of home as experienced and expressed by the men and women who are affected by the crisis of homelessness and live in specialized institutions. The author presents her own experience in carrying out research in total institutions and, above all, she focuses on describing and interpreting the stories of people from homeless centers who speak about the ups and downs of their lives. The researcher draws her attention on the stereotypically idealised image of home, which shows its real face when it is seen as a social construct, taking into account the gender perspective as well as other cultural and individual contexts.
The book is addressed to people who have a social sensibility; to people working with and for the men and women who are affected by the homelessness crisis; who work and/or managed the aid centers and who are also the volunteers in different type of institutions and associations addressed for the people in need; to the students of social and humanistic science.

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• Język wydania: angielski
• ISBN: 978-83-8142-369-4
• ISBN druku: 978-83-8142-368-7
• Liczba stron: 212

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1. Anthropological Studies on Predicaments and Crises: Homelessness and ‘Homefulness’	7

2. Home in Cultural and Social Studies	23
2.1. Phenomenology of Home	25
2.2. Home across History	26
2.3. Housing Studies	30
2.4. Gender Perspectives in Home Studies	33

3. Life at Institutions	41
3.1. Historical Reality	41
3.2. Contemporary Institutions from Within	52
3.2.1. Order, Hygienic Regime, and Search for Intimacy	55
3.2.2. Panopticism in a Total Institution	70
3.2.3. Dwelling in an Institution	77

4. Life Stories: The Experience of ‘Homefulness’ and Homelessness	83

5. Conclusion: Need for Further Research and Need for a Change	187

6. References	197