Exiled in America – Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel: Studies in Transgression
Autor Christopher Dumen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 oct 2016
For a year, the sociologist Christopher P. Dum lived in the Boardwalk Motel to better understand its residents and the varied paths that brought them there. He witnessed moments of violence and conflict, as well as those of care and compassion. As told through the voices and experiences of motel residents, Exiled in America paints a portrait of a vibrant community whose members forged identities in response to overwhelming stigma and created meaningful lives despite crushing economic instability.
In addition to chronicling daily life at the Boardwalk, Dum follows local neighborhood efforts to shut the establishment down, leading to a wider analysis of legislative attempts to sanitize shared social space. He also suggests meaningful policy changes to address the societal failures that lead to the need for motels such as the Boardwalk. The story of the Boardwalk, and the many motels like it, will concern anyone who cares about the lives of America's most vulnerable citizens.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780231176422
ISBN-10: 0231176422
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Seria Studies in Transgression
ISBN-10: 0231176422
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Seria Studies in Transgression
Cuprins
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Biography of a Residential Motel
2. Pathways to Motel Life
3. Managing Stigma and Identity
4. Community, Conflict, and Fragility
5. Interactions with the Community
Conclusion: Policy Failure in the Age of Social Sanitization
Appendix 1. List of Participants
Appendix 2. A Reflection on Method
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Biography of a Residential Motel
2. Pathways to Motel Life
3. Managing Stigma and Identity
4. Community, Conflict, and Fragility
5. Interactions with the Community
Conclusion: Policy Failure in the Age of Social Sanitization
Appendix 1. List of Participants
Appendix 2. A Reflection on Method
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
Christopher P. Dum is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Kent State University. He is a contributor to Justice Quarterly and Children and Youth Services Review.