Description
Book SynopsisA Complex Exile challenges the medicalization of homelessness, which emphasizes individual causes and solutions to homelessness, and argues that we must transform how we respond to homelessness in Canada.
Trade ReviewErin Dej's essential work of non-fiction makes the connection clear between Canada's failed response to the homelessness epidemic and its role in perpetuating social exclusion. -- Yohani Mendes * THIS Magazine *
Dej...offer[s] three key truths that the homelessness sector and anyone interested in the field would benefit from hearing. -- James Hughes * Literary Review of Canada *
Table of Contents1 Exploring Exclusion among People Experiencing Homelessness
2 The Pillars of Exclusion: Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Criminalization in Canada
3 Managing in Place: The Shelter as Neoliberal Total Institution
4 Identity Management: Identity Making in the Context of Marginalization
5 Taking the Blame: Responsibilizing Homelessness
6 The Homeless Mental Health Consumer: Managing Exclusion through Redeemability
7 Moving toward Inclusion
Notes; References; Index
