The Discursive Construction of Identity and Space Among Mobile People

by Roberta Piazza

Book Overview

This book offers a close look at the discourse of and around three socially marginalised and vulnerable groups - Irish Travellers, Squatters and Homeless people - in order to understand more about how individuals within them position themselves vis- -vis mainstream society. It investigates the groups' diverse and provisional relationship with space that challenges mainstream society's spatial logic.

Given that the relationship between mobility,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350195456
• ISBN13: 9781350195455
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"