Silent Sisters: An Ethnography Of Homeless Women

by Betty G. Russell

Overview

This work on homelessness amongst women investigates how far it is a gender- based condition. Describing the lives of women without homes, and drawing upon homeless women's views of themselves and society, the book offers a cultural analysis which contains elements of an answer to the problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560320982
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	A Health Care for Women International Publication
Pages:	142
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Actions and attitudes; the tramp versus the bag lady; the paths to homelessness; daily life; self-images and dreams; a matter of gender.