Reading the Homeless: The Media's Image of Homeless Culture Min, Eungjun

As one of our country's major social problems, homelessness is often in the news. The media tend to portray the homeless as drunk, stoned, crazy, or sick individuals--a portrayal that is only partly accurate and represents an obstacle to our understanding of the wider social implications of this complex issue. This edited collection examines the various ways--both verbal and visual--in which the homeless have been portrayed by the media from the 1980s to the present day. The contributors apply different frameworks, ranging from phenomenology to culture studies, to analyze the characteristics, implications, and consequences of the stories and images disseminated by the media.

DOI: 10.1336/0275959503 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C5950.aspx

Reading the Homeless: The Media's Image of Homeless Culture Hardback, 240 pages, $125.00 Copyright ©1999, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-95950-3 DOI: 10.1336/0275959503

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