[URBANTH-L] A request for references from colleagues in Anthropology of Poverty

[Juris Milestone]

Annual Review of Anthropology
Vol. 25: 411-435 (Volume publication date October 1996)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.25.1.411)
THE CONSTRUCTION OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IN US CITIES

I. Susser
Anthropology Department, Hunter College, City University of New York,  
695 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10021



Juris Milestone, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
Temple University
juris at temple.edu





On Feb 15, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Kara wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am also a student looking for more resources related specifically  
> to the
> anthropology of poverty in urban settings, especially as it relates to
> children growing up in extreme poverty environments, but not  
> exclusively.
> After reading several sources on structural sociological accounts  
> and even
> what some sociologists have termed the "cultural turn" of studying  
> class
> using Bourdieu with more emphasis on cultural and social capital in
> determining poverty, mobility, and class status, I find that there  
> are few
> anthropological sources, even though I feel anthropology has a lot to
> contribute to this area.
>
> If anyone has any resources on this topic, I would love to be copied  
> on it.
> I'd also be willing to share my references if anyone else is  
> interested in
> the same topic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kara White '10
> Brown University
> Undergraduate, Department of Anthropology
> Box 3158, Providence, RI 02912
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:urbanth-l-bounces at lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of Tamir Erez
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:36 AM
> To: URBANTH-L at lists.ysu.edu
> Subject: [URBANTH-L] A request for refrences from collegues in  
> Anthropology
> of Povery
>
> Dear All,
>
> My name is Tamir Erez and I'm a doctoral student in Anthropology.
> I'm conduction research on people in poverty in urban environment  
> who are
> not homeless.
> I would be most thankful if you could send me references of recent
> literature on this topic - Anthropology of Poverty.
> I'll be also happy to share my materials with an offer for fruitful
> dialogue.
> Thanks in advance,
> Tamir Erez
>
>
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