Benedict Giamo
Biographic Data
| ID | 368282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benedict Giamo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benedict |
| FAMILY NAME | Giamo |
| SIGNATURE | GIAMO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Doshisha University Center for American Studies, Kyoto, 602, Japan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Myth of the Vanquished: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
IN MASUJI IBUSE'S DOCUMENTARY NOVEL, Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) , a conversation among factory workers in the atomic ruins of Hiroshima just prior to the Imperial broadcast and surrender raises questions about the bomb. The questions—and conjectures that follow—are interesting for what they reveal and what they conceal: Wouldn't it have been possible to surrender before the bomb had been dropped? No—it was because the bomb was dropped that Japan was …
Field Note: Setting Sons
Beyond Homelessness: Frames of Reference
Features interviews with nine individuals who discuss the factors that contribute to homelessness
Over the Edge: The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s. Martha R. Burt
Making dust: The symbolic landscape of homelessness
This essay sets a context that helps clarify the relationship of the dominant culture to the social problem of homelessness. In creating a monolithic conception of homelessness and in reducing the problem solely to matters of housing, contemporary perceptions have worked to fragment the whole social environment in which homelessness is an irreducible part. By subjecting such historically derived positions to a carefully considered cultural and sy…
Do Not Neglect Hospitality: The Catholic Worker and the Homeless
As a participant/observer at several Catholic Worker houses, Harry Murray witnessed firsthand the response of Workers to the needs of the homeless. In this book, he examines the significance of the Catholic Worker movement's practice of hospitality to the homeless and contrasts it with professional rehabilitation as an approach to aiding the poor. Defining hospitality as a voluntary, noncommercial relationship between host and guest, Murray trace…
On the Bowery: Confronting Homelessness in American Society
Looks at the history and social associations of the Bowery, and discusses the problem of homelessness
The Myth of the Vanquished: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
IN MASUJI IBUSE'S DOCUMENTARY NOVEL, Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) , a conversation among factory workers in the atomic ruins of Hiroshima just prior to the Imperial broadcast and surrender raises questions about the bomb. The questions—and conjectures that follow—are interesting for what they reveal and what they conceal: Wouldn't it have been possible to surrender before the bomb had been dropped? No—it was because the bomb was dropped that Japan was …
On the Bowery: Confronting Homelessness in American Society
Looks at the history and social associations of the Bowery, and discusses the problem of homelessness
Making dust: The symbolic landscape of homelessness
This essay sets a context that helps clarify the relationship of the dominant culture to the social problem of homelessness. In creating a monolithic conception of homelessness and in reducing the problem solely to matters of housing, contemporary perceptions have worked to fragment the whole social environment in which homelessness is an irreducible part. By subjecting such historically derived positions to a carefully considered cultural and sy…
Do Not Neglect Hospitality: The Catholic Worker and the Homeless
As a participant/observer at several Catholic Worker houses, Harry Murray witnessed firsthand the response of Workers to the needs of the homeless. In this book, he examines the significance of the Catholic Worker movement's practice of hospitality to the homeless and contrasts it with professional rehabilitation as an approach to aiding the poor. Defining hospitality as a voluntary, noncommercial relationship between host and guest, Murray trace…
Over the Edge: The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s. Martha R. Burt
Field Note: Setting Sons
Beyond Homelessness: Frames of Reference
Features interviews with nine individuals who discuss the factors that contribute to homelessness
The Myth of the Vanquished: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
IN MASUJI IBUSE'S DOCUMENTARY NOVEL, Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) , a conversation among factory workers in the atomic ruins of Hiroshima just prior to the Imperial broadcast and surrender raises questions about the bomb. The questions—and conjectures that follow—are interesting for what they reveal and what they conceal: Wouldn't it have been possible to surrender before the bomb had been dropped? No—it was because the bomb was dropped that Japan was …
Sociology (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Criminology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Adversary (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)