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Liminal Living at an Extended Stay Hotel: Feeling qqqquot;Stuckqqqquot; in a Housing Solution /

개인저자
WINGATE-LEWINSON, TERRI ;, HOPPS, JUNE GARY ;, REEVES, PATRICIA ;
수록페이지
9-34 p.
발행일자
2010.06.25
출판사
University of Connecticut School of Social Work
초록
[영문]As a result of unaffordable housing, many of America's working poor are forced to seek shelter in hotels to avoid homelessness. The concept of liminality has been used in discussions of place to describe the subjective experience of feeling in-between two states of being. Research is scant on the liminal experiences of low-income hotel residents, who are culturally invisible in society. This paper draws from data qualitatively collected via semi-structured interviews from ten low-income residents living in an extended-stay hotel. Descriptions of these residential experiences are presented along with recommendations for social workers practicing with families in this liminal situation