"The comfort to be me": home and housing struggles in St. John's
This thesis was completed as part of a Master’s program in Anthropology and examines individuals’ experiences with housing struggles, home, and homelessness in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Three main topics are explored within this thesis: the participants’ experiences with finding...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
2014
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/6476/ https://research.library.mun.ca/6476/1/THE_COMFORT_TO_BE_Me_Nicole_Wilson.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/6476/3/THE_COMFORT_TO_BE_Me_Nicole_Wilson.pdf |
| Summary: | This thesis was completed as part of a Master’s program in Anthropology and examines individuals’ experiences with housing struggles, home, and homelessness in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Three main topics are explored within this thesis: the participants’ experiences with finding and keeping housing; what home and homeless meant to the participants; and lastly, how the term homeless as a term does not adequately describe real life experiences. I propose that we replace the terms homeless and homelessness with a spectrum and instead use the phrases sleeping rough, temporary institutional housing, precarious housing, and bereft-of-home to discuss the range of housing issues and the emotional turmoil that comes with such struggles. |
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