'I'm protective of this yard': Long-term homeless persons' construction of home place and workplace in a historical public space

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 539-558

  Sheehan, Rebecca ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home; Home place; Long term homelessness; Public space; Workplace

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; MARGINALIZATION; PUBLIC SPACE; SENSE OF PLACE; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WORKPLACE;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955318705     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2010.497912     Document Type: Article

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