Living on the Streets in Japan: Homeless Women Break Their Silence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781925608854)

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a "homeless person" has been that of an unemployed male laborer - a model that has largely excluded women, who experience homelessness in different forms. This study gives the homeless women of Japan a voice at last.

Based on extensive fieldwork, the author paints a vivid picture of the unique experiences of homeless women living in a diverse range of environments. By introducing a gender perspective to the analytic framework and challenging the conception of the homeless individual as a rational, autonomous subject, the author invites a critical reconsideration of homeless studies and of public policy.

Author: Stephen Filler, Satomi Maruyama
ISBN-10: 1925608859
ISBN-13: 9781925608854
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2019
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.70d