I just read Kim Hopper's "Reckoning with Homelessness". I have read numerous articles and books about unhoused individuals and the multiple factors that affect people experiencing homelessness, and I have to say this is one of, if not THE best book.
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978080148…
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978080148…
What I enjoyed the most about Hopper's "Reckoning with Homelessness" is that he puts forth ethnography as a framework and as a method for studying homelessness. Hopper is also quite explicit in his methods and offers two additional angles to examine homelessness as an experience.
While some people may think his book is dated (2003), I found it quite insightful, and in some ways, better framed that some of the more recent work I've seen on homelessness.
And yes, from an urban ethnography perspective, there's no better method to understand homelessness.
And yes, from an urban ethnography perspective, there's no better method to understand homelessness.
To note: I will be very honest that there are a number of books on homelessness I have not read, more specifically @EllaKHoward 's (which I LITERALLY *just* ordered). But yes, I've read a tonne of them!
Dr. Howard's book:
upenn.edu/pennpress/book…
Dr. Howard's book:
upenn.edu/pennpress/book…
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