Gendered Social Roots of Homelessness Among Women Veterans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2289641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison B Hamilton, Alison Brown (0000-0003-3998-7212, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Donna L Washington (0000-0001-7917-4609, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior), Jessica L Zuchowski (VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 92-107 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Anthropological Practice (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2153-957X • E-ISSN: 2153-9588 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/napa.12033 |
| OpenAlex | W1724101254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
Homelessness is one of the most challenging issues facing U.S. Veterans and those who serve Veterans. While the overall number of homeless Veterans is declining, the number of homeless women Veterans is increasing, with little clarity as to why. In previous work, we have examined pathways to homelessness among women Veterans, with a focus on proximal pathways, that is, how women perceived themselves to have become homeless at the time of the study. In this paper, we dig deeper into the roots of homelessness, specifically into the social institutional roots of homelessness. We examine women's focus group conversations about entering and experiencing the military, particularly with regard to the common occurrence of sexual violence and trauma before and during military service. Drawing on anthropological concepts, we conceptualize trauma at both an individual level as embodied in women's lived experiences, as well as at a collective, gendered level. Gendered traumatic experiences can accumulate over time, creating or reinforcing vulnerable pathways. For women Veterans, gender and the military are both social institutions that may act in combination to create gendered social roots of homelessness that are particular to women, and that may be relevant to the gender difference in prevalence of homelessness among Veterans
CLARITY · Criminology · Embodied cognition · Focus group · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Work · Gerontology
No Door to Lock
Embodiment and experience
Military Sexual Trauma
Barriers to Psychosocial Services Among Homeless Women Veterans
Homelessness and Trauma Go Hand-in-Hand”
Combat Deployment Is Associated with Sexual Harassment or Sexual Assault in a Large, Female Military Cohort
Ethnic Differences in the Correlates of Mental Distress Among Homeless Women
Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Risk factors for first-time homelessness in low-income women
Life course adversity in the lives of formerly homeless persons with serious mental illness
Women at war
Gender, health and theory
Pathways to youth homelessness
Hardiness, History of Abuse and Women's Health
Gender As Social Institution
Violence and the Body
Lived Lives and Social Suffering
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |