Staying alive while living the life: adversity, strength, and resilience in the lives of homeless youth

"In Staying Alive While Living the Life, Sue-Ann MacDonald and Benjamin Roebuck unpack the realities of living on the streets from the perspective of homeless youth. While much is written about at-risk youth, most literature on youth homelessness reduces their lives to flattened images with lit...

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1. VerfasserIn: MacDonald, Sue-Ann (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Roebuck, Benjamin
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Halifax Winnipeg Fernwood Publishing [2018]
In:Jahr: 2018
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Schlagwörter:
Homelessness
Homeless youth
Homeless youth > Social conditions
Homeless youth > Social life and customs
Kanada > Jugend > Obdachloser > Soziale Situation
Social Science > Sociology > General
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Zusammenfassung:"In Staying Alive While Living the Life, Sue-Ann MacDonald and Benjamin Roebuck unpack the realities of living on the streets from the perspective of homeless youth. While much is written about at-risk youth, most literature on youth homelessness reduces their lives to flattened images with little room for the diverse, complex and individual nature of their experiences. Challenging the dominant youth-at-risk conversation by putting forward a framework of survival and resilience, MacDonald and Roebuck illustrate the ways that young people who experience homelessness demonstrate tremendous resilience when facing adversity, social exclusion and various forms of oppression."--
"Drawing on conversations with homeless youth, this book focuses both on the external constraints imposed on their lives as well as the ways young people understand their circumstances and their approaches to problem solving. The result is a nuanced analysis that puts human agency at its centre, allowing readers to explore the challenges young people face and the internal and external resources they draw upon when making decisions about their lives."--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-198) and index
Beschreibung:203 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:1552669327
9781552669327