Editorial: Ethnography

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  • Jacqueline Snider ACT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26443/el.v36i2.327

Abstract

What makes a population or group tick; how do we reach them? I came across two articles on homeless women in Chicago by T.J. Luhrmann (2008, 2010), an anthropologist from Stanford. Luhrmann’s research focuses on why some homeless women refuse housing. One way to get off the streets is to agree to a psychological examination. Many homeless women refuse even though they exhibit behaviors associated with mental illness. [...]

References

Foster, N.F., ed. (2013). Studying students: A second look. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Luhrmann, T.M. (Winter 2010). Down and out in Chicago. Raritan, 140-166.

Luhrmann, T.M. (2008). ‘The street will drive you crazy:’ why homeless psychotic women in the institutional circuit in the United States often say no to offers of help. American Journal of Psychiatry 15: 15-20.

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2017-09-19

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