On the Bowery Confronting Homelessness in American Society

As both theme and place, the Bowery has been rich in meaning, evocative in association, long in development, and representative of the inherent conflict between culture and subculture. This award-winning interdisciplinary study puts in perspective the social meaning and cultural significance of the Bowery from both historical and contemporary outlooks, spanning the fields of American literature and social history, culture studies, symbolic anthropology, ethnography, and social psychology.On the Boweryhas special relevance in providing continuity for the systems of thought and methods of intervention that influence responses to the modern condition of homelessness in American cities today.Giamo, Benedict is the author of 'On the Bowery Confronting Homelessness in American Society', published 1989 under ISBN 9780877452430 and ISBN 0877452431.