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ERIC Number: EJ430727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-6019
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Symptoms, Survival, and the Redefinition of Public Space: A Feasibility Study of Homeless People at a Metropolitan Airport.
Hopper, Kim
Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, v20 n2 p155-75 Sum 1991
A brief ethnographic study of a metropolitan airport revealed that a relatively small number of people had taken up residence there, prizing the airport mainly for its survival utility and amenities. Policies and attitudes regarding the homeless and a critique of the pathological explanation for homelessness are explored. (CJS)
Descriptors: Airports, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Ethnography, Feasibility Studies, Homeless People, Interviews, Labeling (of Persons), Naturalistic Observation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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