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Surviving Poverty by Joan Maya Mazelis is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Surviving Poverty about?
Surviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level, looking in particular at the tension between social isolation and social ties among the poor. Joan Maya Mazelis draws on in-depth interviews with poor people in Philadelphia to explore how they survive and the benefits they gain by being connected to one another. Half of the study participants are members of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a distinctive organization that brings poor people together in the struggle to survive. The mutually supportive relationships the members create, which last for years, even decades, contrast dramatically with the experiences of participants without such affiliation. In interviews, participants discuss their struggles and hardships, and their responses highlight the importance of cultivating relationships among people living in poverty. Surviving Poverty documents the ways in which social ties become beneficial and sustainable,...
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Joan Maya Mazelis
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
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