Sparks, Tony

Tent City, Seattle: Refusing Homelessness and Making a Home

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ISBN 13:
9780295752617
author:
Sparks, Tony
format:
Paperback
publisher:
University of Washington Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 centimetres (0
Genre:
History, General, Nonfiction,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£30.74

Description

Tent City, Seattle: A Community Redefines Homelessness. In 2000, one of the first peer-operated tent encampments in Seattle was established, marking a shift towards community-led solutions to homelessness. This book explores the lives of Tent City 3's residents and their efforts to reclaim dignity, freedom, and connection to their own space. Through groundbreaking research and interviews, Tony Sparks reveals how small tasks undertaken by the community contribute to a larger process of homemaking through practices of care, collectivity, and the creation of a commons. The book dispels myths about homelessness while placing the issue within the arc of American history.

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