Description
Book SynopsisAn original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city
Trade Review'A rare glimpse into the physical world and urban spaces of rough sleepers who live in the city though often unacknowledged. A sensitive and evocative account' -- Professor Setha Low, City University of New York
'A brilliant, insightful and at times very funny portrait of hidden lives and those who care for them. This is a beautifully written and erudite book about city life that exudes a deep but irreverent sense of humanity' -- Les Back, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
'Combines extensive ethnographic research and scholarship, poetic writing and remarkable empathy to illuminate the lives of those who survive and sleep on city streets and to show brilliantly the mobile, skilful, humane ways in which care and outreach workers seek relate to and help them' -- Professor Harry Ferguson, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface
1. Sleepwalking City
2. Lost and Found
3. First Aid
4. Round About
5. The Line Inside
6. Leftovers
7. Coming Across
8. Learning to See
9. Change Blind
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
