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The Man in the Dog Park : Coming Up Close to Homelessness / Cathy A. Small.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (200 p.) : 1 b&w line drawingContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501748790
  • 9781501748806
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5/920973 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. The Road to Homelessness -- 3. The Stigma of Being Homeless -- 4. A Sheltered, Homeless Day -- 5. On the Street -- 6. Making Money -- 7. Navigating the Bureaucracy -- 8. Home at Last. Or (the more accurate title): Post-Homelessness and the Reality of Being Poor -- 9. Blind and Delusional -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors
Summary: The Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life. Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her co-author, Cathy A. Small takes a compelling look at what it means and what it takes to be homeless. Interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people lead us into a world that most have never seen. We travel as an intimate observer into the places that many homeless frequent, including a community shelter, a day labor agency, a panhandling corner, a pawn shop, and a HUD housing office. Through these personal stories, we witness the obstacles that homeless people face, and the ingenuity it takes to negotiate life without a home. The Man in the Dog Park points to the ways that our own cultural assumptions and blind spots are complicit in US homelessness and contribute to the degree of suffering that homeless people face. At the same time, Small, Kordosky and Moore show us how our own sense of connection and compassion can bring us into touch with the actions that will lessen homelessness and bring greater humanity to the experience of those who remain homeless. The raw emotion of The Man in the Dog Park will forever change your appreciation for, and understanding of, a life so many deal with outside of the limelight of contemporary society.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. The Road to Homelessness -- 3. The Stigma of Being Homeless -- 4. A Sheltered, Homeless Day -- 5. On the Street -- 6. Making Money -- 7. Navigating the Bureaucracy -- 8. Home at Last. Or (the more accurate title): Post-Homelessness and the Reality of Being Poor -- 9. Blind and Delusional -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors

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The Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life. Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her co-author, Cathy A. Small takes a compelling look at what it means and what it takes to be homeless. Interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people lead us into a world that most have never seen. We travel as an intimate observer into the places that many homeless frequent, including a community shelter, a day labor agency, a panhandling corner, a pawn shop, and a HUD housing office. Through these personal stories, we witness the obstacles that homeless people face, and the ingenuity it takes to negotiate life without a home. The Man in the Dog Park points to the ways that our own cultural assumptions and blind spots are complicit in US homelessness and contribute to the degree of suffering that homeless people face. At the same time, Small, Kordosky and Moore show us how our own sense of connection and compassion can bring us into touch with the actions that will lessen homelessness and bring greater humanity to the experience of those who remain homeless. The raw emotion of The Man in the Dog Park will forever change your appreciation for, and understanding of, a life so many deal with outside of the limelight of contemporary society.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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