Beside One's Self: Homelessness Felt and Lived

by Catherine Robinson

What is it to feel homeless? How does it feel to be without the orienting geography of home? Going beyond homelessness as a housing issue, this book uniquely explores the embodied, emotional experiences of homelessness. In doing so, Robinson reveals much about existing gaps in service responses, in community perceptions, and in the ways in which homelessness most often becomes visible as a problem for policy makers. She argues that the emotional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632525
• ISBN13: 9780815632528
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"