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O'Sullivan, T. Seamus. "Wasted and Wounded: Men's Stories of Homelessness in Albuquerque, NM, 1998-2002," American Studies, University of New Mexico, April 2004.
Single homeless men are more publicly visible than homeless women, children, and families, yet generate little public sympathy. Their cultural representations as deviant objects of scorn or pity deeply influence popular beliefs and public policy about homelessness and poverty. Seventeen long-term homeless men were interviewed in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, between 1998 and 2002 to gain a grounds-eye perspective on being homeless. From these stories of homelessness, three primary concerns are addressed: How do men without private space in which to shower, eat, sleep, read, rest, or be intimate with others use public space (e.g., parks, streets, alleys, outdoor pedestrian malls) differently from people with housing? How do men sustain a sense of home when they have no housing in which to live? And, lastly, how did these men reconcile their self-images with the widespread perception that they are failures? The interviews are situated within an analysis of Albuquerque s political economy. The local homeless services network is evaluated, as are the policies and practices of the City of Albuquerque, particularly its police, that affect the everyday lives of homeless men. The author also self-reflexively ruminates on poverty’s power to maim, on privilege and social denial, resistance and advocacy, personal vulnerabilities and stigmatization, popular culture and social policy, while arguing for resurrecting the social contract.
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