Liminal Living at an Extended Stay Hotel

Feeling "Stuck" in a Housing Solution

Bibliographic Data

ID11344449
AuthorsTerri Lewinson (0000-0002-1898-1500, Georgia State University, corresponding author), Terri Wingate-Lewinson, June Gary Hopps (University of Atlanta), Patricia M Reeves (0000-0003-2684-604X, University of Atlanta), Patricia Reeves (0009-0000-3378-1868)
Year2010
Volume37
Issue2
Publication date2010-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096
PublisherWMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15453/0191-5096.3512
OpenAlexW2098483678
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited18

As a result of unaffordable housing, many of America's working poor are forced to seek shelter in hotels to avoid homelessness. The concept of liminality has been used in discussions of place to describe the subjective experience of feeling in-between two states of being. Research is scant on the liminal experiences of low-income hotel residents, who are culturally invisible in society. This paper draws from data qualitatively collected via semi-structured interviews from ten low-income residents living in an extended-stay hotel. Descriptions of these residential experiences are presented along with recommendations for social workers practicing with families in this liminal situation

Accommodation · Feeling · Liminality · Sociology · Anthropology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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