Working Homeless Men in Calgary, Canada: Hegemony and Identity

Autor:	Katrina Milaney, Lynn McIntyre, Steven Persaud
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Homeless men Gerontology Hegemony media_common.quotation_subject General Social Sciences Identity (social science) Gender studies Participant observation Honour Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology Cognitive dissonance Sociology Ideology Oil boom media_common
Zdroj:	Human Organization. 69:343-351
ISSN:	1938-3525 0018-7259
Popis:	This purpose of this research is to understand how young adult homeless working men experience homelessness in an oil boom and prosperous city, Calgary, Alberta. Following a period of participant observation, five purposively selected working homeless men aged 20-28 years participated in in-depth individual interviews, which were initiated around their daily food routine. We found that the men experienced moderate to severe food insecurity and reported negative physical health effects, including weight loss, related to their inability to acquire sufficient food to meet work demands. The interviews led to other findings: the men accepted full responsibility for their homelessness, internalized hegemonic ideologies of self-blame, and praised Calgary as a great city, in dissonance with their experience of discrimination and privation. The working homeless men also negotiated their identity through unspoken honour rules and through the construction of an informal system of resources and social networks. Altho...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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