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Young Homeless People and Urban Space: Fixed in Mobility - Routledge Advances in Ethnography
Emma Jackson
This ethnographic exploration of contemporary spaces of homelessness takes an expanded view of homeless space, threading together experiences of organizational spaces, routes taken through the city and the occupation of public space. Through engaging with participants' accounts of movement and place, the book argues that young homeless people become fixed in mobility,a condition that impacts on both everyday life and possible futures. Based on an innovative multi-method study of a day centre in London for young homeless people, the book contextualizes spaces of homelessness within the social relations and flows of people that produce the world city. The book considers how the biographical and everyday trajectories of young homeless people intersect with place attachments and forms of governance to produce urban homeless spaces. It provides a new angle on the city made by movement, foregrounding the impact of mobilities shaped by loss, violence and the search for opportunity. The book draws on mental maps, photography, interviews and observation in order to produce an engaging and rich ethnographic account of young homeless people in the city.
Marc Notes: Recent studies have centred on processes of gentrification and the securitisation of public space as the dominant focus for theorising homelessness and space. Here, Emma Jackson argues that this framework does not adequately capture the complexity of youth homelessness in the multicultural city. She offers an alternative analytical framework based on an exploration of homeless space as dynamic and bound up in processes of mobility, fixity and displacement. Using a participatory multi-method ethnography of a diverse day centre for young people from across the world, country and city, she also calls for contextualising spaces of homelessness within the social relations and flows of people that produce the 'world city'. Review Quotes:"This outstanding book challenges us to re-think the scale and experience of homelessness in a global city like London. The young lives describe here are 'fixed in mobility' but struggle to find a refuge in an unforgiving and cruel world. A must-read book for anyone who really cares about urban life."" -Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths, University of London" "Stereotypes and prejudices about the homeless abound. Beneath these lies a complex world of experiences and histories which are lived out in the homeless spaces and institutions of London. "Young Homeless People and Urban Space" provides a textured and nuanced account of what it means to be homeless and young in a city marked by inequalities, exclusions and brutal cuts in public expenditure. This is an excellent and compelling book which will be of interest to academics, urban policy makers and activists interested in what homeless means in the contemporary global city." -Professor Sophie Watson, The Open University "This fluently composed account of precarious dwelling and youth homelessness is vitally attuned to the rhythms of the contemporary global city. Academic understandings of mobility, transnationalism, surveillance and belonging are brought to life in the intimate biographies that unfold. The insights generated from displaced young people are rich and illuminating, supported as they are by intelligent and articulate interpretations of their lives. This makes for a book that is written with great purpose and care which truly deserves to be read." -Professor Anoop Nayak, Newcastle UniversityBiographical Note: Emma Jackson is a lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Contributor Bio: Jackson, Emma Emma Jackson, a student at Northern Highlands Regional High School, is also a black belt in karate. She lives in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, with her mom, her dad, and the most recent addition to the family--her dog, Dixie.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 23, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415722162 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Genre | Demographic Orientation > Urban |
| Pages | 158 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 160 × 15 mm · 392 g |
| Language | English |
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