| Reading the Homeless: The Media's Image of Homeless Culture Contributor(s): Min, Eungjun (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275959503 ISBN-13: 9780275959500 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 305.569 |
| LCCN: 98-35370 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.37" W x 9.59" (1.21 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |