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Peer reviewedLawrence, Mark – Journal of Rural Studies, 1995
Homelessness in rural Iowa is proportionately high but well hidden, obliging the rural homeless to discursively and materially relate their needs to a placeless condition of being defined by agencies, institutions, and academics. Positioning the homeless outside of social space places them in the space of nature, with implications for the meaning…
Descriptors: Cultural Images, Homeless People, Misconceptions, Public Policy
