Author: Eungjun Min
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: homeless, culture, image, media, reading
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1999-06-30
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0275959503
ISBN-13: 9780275959500
As one of our country’s major social problems, homelessness is often in the news. The media tend to portray the homeless as drunk, stoned, crazy, or sick individuals--a portrayal that is only partly accurate and represents an obstacle to our understanding of the wider social implications of this complex issue. This edited collection examines the various ways--both verbal and visual--in which the homeless have been portrayed by the media from the 1980s to the present day. The contributors apply different frameworks, ranging from phenomenology to culture studies, to analyze the characteris
Author: Jeremy Reynald
Publisher: Cambria Pre
Keywords: homeless, media, culture, america, portrayal, educate, audiences
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2006-04-20
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 097735671X
ISBN-13: 9780977356713
This book explores how the homeless are portrayed by the media and, consequently, how public perceptions of the homeless are shaped. By analyzing how the media informally educate their audiences, interviewing homeless people and journalists, and conducting content analysis of news stories, this research uncovers the reality that the issue of homelessness is not a media priority because it does not provide the requisite ratings boost. This study also debunks the myth that the solution to a homeless person’s problem is a meal and an overnight stay, illuminating how much farther the distanc
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Keywords: bird, homeless
Number of Pages: 176
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ISBN-10: 1845079779
ISBN-13: 9781845079772
Author: Christopher Jencks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: homeless
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1995-03-15
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 067440596X
ISBN-13: 9780674405967
Late in the 1970s, Americans began to notice more people sleeping in public places and wandering the streets. By the late 1980s, the homeless were everywhere--a grim reminder of America’s social and economic troubles. Renowned social analyst Jencks discusses the causes and extent of this problem and what can be done about it. Line illustrations and tables.
Author: Gloria Whelan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: bird, homeless
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0064408191
ISBN-13: 9780064408196
Forced to leave her family at thirteen and marry someone she has never met ... Koly’s parents have arranged a marriage for their only daughter and now, like many girls her age in India, she will leave home forever. She yearns to flee, but tradition dictates that it’s too late to turn back. On her wedding day, Koly’s fate is sealed. Caught up in a current of tradition that threatens to sweep her toward a terrifying fate, Koly finds herself cast out, lost in a strange and cruel world. But sometimes, courage and hope can be more powerful than tradition, and fate can be taken int
Author: Donald James Parker
Publisher: Sword of the Spirit Publishing
Keywords: homeless
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2009-09-04
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0578032821
ISBN-13: 9780578032825
Brian has a dream of writing the great American novel. He knows that without a gimmick to set him apart from the rest of the pack, he’ll never succeed. From reading Black Like Me, he gets the idea to masquerade as a homeless man to get the material to write the saga of those suffering from poverty. During his first visit to the local homeless shelter to gather facts, he is accosted by Zeke, one of the subjects of his research. In order to save his skin, Brian spills his guts to the huge black man. After hearing the story, Zeke sees value in the project for his homeless brethren, and pled
Author: Lonnie Friesen
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Keywords: heart, homeless
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2008-02-19
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 1604621052
ISBN-13: 9781604621051
