Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders
Homeless in San Francisco
Teresa Gowan
This award-winning book explores the lives of homeless men in San Francisco and the impact of the homelessness industry on public policy. Through five years of fieldwork, the author delves into survival techniques, perspectives on life on the streets, and the societal discussions around homelessness. A powerful ethnography that sheds light on the way extreme poverty is addressed and how it affects those experiencing it.
Publish Date
2010-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
2010-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.22
ISBN
9780816669677
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-08-26T15:41:26.000Z
But reporters didn’t have to take Kushel’s word for it. They could have read one of the most important books ever written on homelessness in San Francisco, the 2010 Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders, by sociologist Teresa Gowan, for an alternative view. – source