In Their Place: The Imagined Geographies of Poverty
Stephen Crossley, "In Their Place: The Imagined Geographies of Poverty "
English | ISBN: 0745336833 | 2017 | 176 pages | EPUB | 608 KB
English | ISBN: 0745336833 | 2017 | 176 pages | EPUB | 608 KB
The alleged failings of low-income neighborhoods attracts a great deal of academic and political scrutiny and research. However, the realities of localized spaces—such as family home front doors, bedrooms, street corners, and local schools—have not received nearly as much attention. With In Their Place, Stephen Crossley highlights how these spaces are represented from afar by politicians who exaggerate stories for political gain and how these fabrications actively manipulate media coverage of these British individuals and communities. A devastating critique of the Conservative government’s approach to tackling inequality,
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