Making better lives: hope, freedom and home-making among people sleeping rough in Paris

In this ethnographic study, Johannes Lenhard observes the daily practices, routines and techniques of people who are sleeping rough on the streets of Paris. The book focusses on their survival practises, their short-term desires and hopes, how they earn money through begging, how they choose the bes...

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Main Author: Lenhard, Johannes (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2022
Series:WYSE series in social anthropology volume 11
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:In this ethnographic study, Johannes Lenhard observes the daily practices, routines and techniques of people who are sleeping rough on the streets of Paris. The book focusses on their survival practises, their short-term desires and hopes, how they earn money through begging, how they choose the best place to sleep at night and what role drugs and alcohol play in their lives. The book also follows people through different institutional settings, including a homeless day centre, a needle exchange, a centre for people with alcohol problems and a homeless shelter
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 171 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800733688
DOI:10.1515/9781800733688

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