{"product_id":"youth-homelessness-and-survival-sex-9781138714649","title":"Youth Homelessness and Survival Sex","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvival sex, commonly understood to be the exchange of sex for material support, is a practice that is associated with young homeless women. However, such a narrow definition of survival sex fails to recognise the multiple, complex, and coexisting motivations of young homeless women for engaging in intimate relationships in post-industrial capitalist society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYouth Homelessness and Survival Sex,\u003c\/i\u003e Watson's insightful analysis of personal narratives reveals how young homeless women are exposed to situations in which survival can be impeded or assisted by playing out specific gender roles. Indeed, in identifying and contesting the dominant social discourses that young homeless women draw upon to frame their experiences of intimate affairs, Watson challenges the reader to understand how gendered subjectivities are produced and performed through heteronormative relationships. This enlightening book is vital in showing that homelessness is not a gender-neutral phenomenon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung women’s homelessness is often hidden from view – not showing up in official statistics nor in popular representations of ‘rough sleepers’. In this important and original new study, Juliet Watson vividly illuminates young women’s experiences. In doing so she makes us question our understandings of both homelessness and of transactional sex, opening up nuanced ways of thinking about the intimate relationships women build in order to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosalind Gill\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Social and Cultural Analysis, City University of London, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYouth Homelessness and Survival Sex,\u003c\/i\u003e Juliet Watson offers a compelling and confronting account of how young women face, understand, and manage the risks they face in homelessness. Through exceptional empirical research, deep theoretical expertise, and sensitive engagement with experiences of poverty, gendered violence, and social exclusion, Watson illuminates how these young women make strategic use of heteronormative femininity in their search for security, survival, and resources. This is an important and valuable book that reinforces the critical importance of gender analysis of precarious lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaneMaree Maher\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirector, Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Monash University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating and disturbing book, Juliet Watson provides us with a scholarly yet unflinching examination of the reality of survival sex for young homeless women. She shines much needed light on a topic that is too often referred to in passing, and seldom given the in-depth consideration it deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuzanne Fitzpatrick\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Housing and Social Policy in the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Environment and Real Estate (I-SPHERE), Heriot-Watt University, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introduction: youth homelessness, gender, and the significance of survival sex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is survival sex?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReconceptualising survival sex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefining homelessness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying a gendered lens to homelessness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceptualising the home in relation to homelessness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstructing gendered subjectivities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe research project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe significance of experience: a narrative approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter map\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Young homeless women and the neoliberal subject\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe neoliberal subject\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary conditions of youth homelessness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscourse, power, and intersectionality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouth transitions—locating young people in post-industrial capitalist society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividualisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomelessness, individualisation, and class\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung women ‘at risk’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostfeminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostfeminism as anti-feminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostfeminism as a conceptual shift within feminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostfeminist critical analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Social capital, performativity, and gendered subjectivities in the homeless sphere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGender, homelessness, and subjectivity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial capital theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabitus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbodiment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymbolic violence and romantic love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerformativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminine capital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVicarious physical capital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Survival sex, stigma, and managing material conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A butterfly’—Hayley’s story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGender, homelessness, and stigma—‘Just a piece of meat’ (Hayley)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStigma and social capital—‘I was a junkie, slut, alcoholic person, or something’ (Nicki)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvival sex and vulnerability—‘He didn’t want me there once he found out that I had a boyfriend’ (Alice)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStigma and subjectivities—‘I’ve got standards and I’m a nice person’ (Jessie)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial support—‘It was just ’cause I’d seen the pretty side of things’ (Sarah)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Survival sex and gender-based violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘My yo-yo life’—Jessie’s story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence and homelessness—‘I’ve put myself in situations that I could’ve stayed away from’ (Jessie)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminine capital and physical protection—‘I didn’t want to be by myself because I was scared’ (Hayley)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVicarious physical capital—‘I know people were scared of him’ (Hayley)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence in intimate relationships—‘I don’t know what I was doing wrong’ (Jessie)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate relationships and the depletion of capital—‘No one wanted me at their place with him around’ (Nikita)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate relationships and romantic discourse—‘I say that \"I love you\" and everything’s OK again’ (Hayley)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Intimate relationships, social exclusion, and belonging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The little black duck: at the end of day it does have a life’—Nikita’s story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomelessness and social exclusion—‘The word \u003ci\u003ehomeless\u003c\/i\u003e does actually kill’ (Lexi)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial exclusion and performativity—‘You become inconsistent and everyone looks at you badly ’cause your performance is bad’ (Elle)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking stability and belonging from survival sex—‘I’ve got something, I’ve got a life. I’ve got a boyfriend. Look at me’ (Hayley)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pressures of homelessness on intimate relationships—‘There’s not really much happiness and joy’ (Nikita)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaintaining subjectivity stability through adversity—‘I think going through so much has made us so much stronger’ (Bianca)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate relationships in homeless spaces—‘In a normal society you’d be in your own home’ (Hayley)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Constructing authentic selves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Searching for your identity’—Lexi’s story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking the right choice, authenticity, and subject positions—‘When you know what you want, you will achieve it’ (Lexi)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostfeminism and choice—‘I don’t really think about it as feminism, I just think, tough chick’ (Angela)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003echoice\u003c\/i\u003e to be single: necessity—‘Two people, it’s harder than one’ (Elle)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003echoice\u003c\/i\u003e to be single: resistance—‘When the time is for me, then I’ll be settling down’ (Lexi)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003echoice\u003c\/i\u003e to leave an abusive intimate relationship: refusing to be a victim—‘I got a backbone and I said \"no more\"’ (Sarah)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003echoice\u003c\/i\u003e to leave an abusive intimate relationship: becoming a mother—‘Past the brink of had enough’ (Angela)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003echoice\u003c\/i\u003e to leave an abusive intimate relationship: the importance of capital—‘They’d made me see things that I couldn’t see when I was in it’ (Nikita)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoosing intimate relationships—‘I don’t think it’s really homelessness that defines my relationship’ (Alice)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Conclusion: diversifying homelessness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDestabilising discourses: making structures visible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouth transitions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividualisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostfeminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubjectivity construction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManaging material conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManaging violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManaging social exclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarratives of choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinal words\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: more stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice—The shift from having my family as a family to having Chris as a family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmina—Through high aspiration comes firm resolve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy—My life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela—The ‘how to’ and ‘how not to’ live life in Melbourne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBianca—Life as a house\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElle—The puzzle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicki—Crap life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaige—How can you put a title on something like that?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePauline—My life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah—Simple life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577842831703,"sku":"9781138714649","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/youth-homelessness-and-survival-sex-9781138714649","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}