Addicted.Pregnant.Poor

by Kelly Ray Knight

Book Overview

For the addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San Francisco's Mission district, life is marked by battles against drug cravings, housing debt, and potential violence. In this stunning ethnography Kelly Ray Knight presents these women in all their complex humanity and asks what kinds of futures are possible for them given their seemingly hopeless situation. During her four years of fieldwork Knight documented women's struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822359960
• ISBN13: 9780822359968
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"