The Tramp in AmericaReaktion Books, 2004 M06 1 - 256 páginas This book provides the first account of the invention of the tramp as a social type in the United States between the 1870s and the 1930s. Tim Cresswell considers the ways in which the tramp was imagined and described and how, by World War II, it was being reclassified and rendered invisible. He describes the "tramp scare" of the late nineteenth century and explores the assumption that tramps were invariably male and therefore a threat to women. Cresswell also examines tramps as comic figures and looks at the work of prominent American photographers which signaled a sympathetic portrayal of this often-despised group. Perhaps most significantly, The Tramp in America calls into question the common assumption that mobility played a central role in the production of American identity. “This is an effective, and sometimes touching, account of how a social phenomenon was created, classified and reclassified. The quality of the writing, the excellent illustrations and the high production standards give this reasonably-priced hardback a chance of appealing to a general audience . . . an important contribution to American studies, providing new perspectives on the significance of mobility and rootlessness at an important time in the development of the nation. Cresswell successfully illuminates the history of a disadvantaged and marginal group, while providing a lens by which to focus on the thinking and practices of the mainstream culture with which they dealt. As such, this book represents a considerable achievement.”—Cultural Geographies “An important book. Cresswell has made an important contribution to a homelessness literature still lacking a more sophisticated theoretical edge. Clearly written, beautifully illustrated and with a strong argument throughout, the book deserves to be widely read by students and practitioners alike.”—Progress in Human Geography |
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... Human mobility, however it is embodied, can never be anything other than social. I am more interested in the ... human beings that we notice who is fat and who is dead, but the fact itself that some of our fellows are fat and others are ...
... Human mobility, however it is embodied, can never be anything other than social. I am more interested in the ... human beings that we notice who is fat and who is dead, but the fact itself that some of our fellows are fat and others are ...
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... human creations, not 'natural' ones, and that once invented, they hang around and have effects. Dynamic nominalism insists that kinds of people 'come into being at the same time as the kind itself was being invented'.13 In this respect, ...
... human creations, not 'natural' ones, and that once invented, they hang around and have effects. Dynamic nominalism insists that kinds of people 'come into being at the same time as the kind itself was being invented'.13 In this respect, ...
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... human life based on politico-economic factors. I reject this opposition for two reasons. First, my argument is not that political economy is an unimportant factor in the existence of the tramp, simply that a wider array of knowledges ...
... human life based on politico-economic factors. I reject this opposition for two reasons. First, my argument is not that political economy is an unimportant factor in the existence of the tramp, simply that a wider array of knowledges ...
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... human is to have a place, to be rooted. Heidegger equated 'place' with 'being' through the concept of 'dwelling'. He was terrified by the speed and mobility of the modern world and chose, in theory at least, to retreat into a sense of ...
... human is to have a place, to be rooted. Heidegger equated 'place' with 'being' through the concept of 'dwelling'. He was terrified by the speed and mobility of the modern world and chose, in theory at least, to retreat into a sense of ...
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... human race ... to emblazon history with the conquest of peace . . . and to shed blessings round the world! Divine task! Immortal mission! Let us tread fast and joyfully the 2 Thomas P. Otter, On the Road, 1860. open trail 24 THE TRAMP ...
... human race ... to emblazon history with the conquest of peace . . . and to shed blessings round the world! Divine task! Immortal mission! Let us tread fast and joyfully the 2 Thomas P. Otter, On the Road, 1860. open trail 24 THE TRAMP ...
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Knowing the Tramp | 48 |
Gendering the Tramp | 87 |
Pathologizing the Tramp | 127 |
Picturing the Tramp | 171 |
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