Fear, romance and transience in the lives of homeless women

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-461

  Radley, Alan ^a   Hodgetts, Darrin ^b   Cullen, Andrea ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abjection; Fear; Homelessness; Photography; Urban spaces; Women

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; PERCEPTION; SELF ASSESSMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745306256     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360600715193     Document Type: Article

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