Exploring the ‘Spoiled’ and ‘Celebrated’ Identities of Young and Homeless Drug Users

Young people experiencing homelessness and who use drugs are vulnerable to being attributed with ‘spoiled identities’ due to stigmatising attitudes by wider society. This article is underpinned by a symbolic interactionist account of self-identity and stigma. It draws upon ethnographic research in a...

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Main Author: Hoolachan, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2020
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-85
Further subjects:B Homelessness
B Goffman
B Stigma
B Youth
B spoiled identity
B Drug use
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