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"A roof over my head": homeless women and the shelter industry

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Jean Calterone, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-20T14:14:13Z
dc.date.available2016-10-20T14:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSecond edition
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractBased upon extensive ethnographic data that examines lives of homeless women who care for children and live in small shelters and transitional living centers. This ground-breaking study unveils the centrality of abuse and poverty in homeless women's lives and outlines societal responses that should be more effective.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsCauses of homelessness: homeless women speak -- Geography of the homeless shelter -- Homeless and battered women: parallel stories, opposing identities -- Meanings and myths of homelessness: housed people speak -- Meanings and myths of homelessness: homeless women speak.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/177799
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
dc.rightsCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
dc.rightsAll rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.
dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshHomeless women -- Services for -- United States
dc.subject.lcshSingle mothers -- Services for -- United States
dc.subject.lcshWomen's shelters -- United States
dc.subject.lcshHomelessness -- United States
dc.subject.lcshVictims of family violence -- United States
dc.title"A roof over my head": homeless women and the shelter industry
dc.title.alternativeA roof over my head: homeless women and the shelter industry
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