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Symptoms, Survival, and the Redefinition of Public Space: A Feasibility Study of Homeless People at a Metropolitan Airport.
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Hopper, Kim – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1991
A brief ethnographic study of a metropolitan airport revealed that a relatively small number of people had taken up residence there, prizing the airport mainly for its survival utility and amenities. Policies and attitudes regarding the homeless and a critique of the pathological explanation for homelessness are explored. (CJS)
Descriptors: Airports, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Ethnography, Feasibility Studies