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Families on the edge : experiences of homelessness and care in rural New England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carpenter-Song, Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Series:Culture and psychiatry (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:
Homelessness > New England.
Families > New England.
Families.
Homelessness.
New England.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prelude
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Becoming Homeless in Rural New England
  • 3. Life on the Edge
  • 4. Paradoxes of Care
  • 5. Shattered Families
  • 6. Toward Security Following Homelessness
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Epilogue: Notes from the Pandemic
  • Appendix: Family Housing Trajectories
  • References
  • Index