THE CONSTRUCTION OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IN US CITIES

@article{Susser1996THECO,
  title={THE CONSTRUCTION OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IN US CITIES},
  author={Ida Susser},
  journal={Annual Review of Anthropology},
  year={1996},
  volume={25},
  pages={411-435}
}
  • I. Susser
  • Published 21 October 1996
  • Sociology, Economics
  • Annual Review of Anthropology
▪ Abstract The review focuses on analyses of the creation of culture among poor populations in the United States whose lives have been structured by residing at the center of the global economy. Literature is examined concerning the changing construction of labor, space, time, and identity in the new poverty. Throughout, the review examines the generation of poverty and questions of gender, race, political mobilization, and resistance. This outline of current research provides a framework for… 
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