This Hostel Life
This Hostel Life

Author: Melatu Uche Okorie

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-07-04

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 034901289X

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 'A landmark book by an important new voice in Irish writing' EMILIE PINE THIS HOSTEL LIFE tells the stories of migrant women in a hidden Ireland. Queuing for basic supplies in an Irish direct provision hostel, a group of women squabble and mistrust each other, learning what they can of the world from conversations about reality television and Shakespeare. In another story, a student shares her work with a class only to be critiqued about her own lived experience, and a mother of young twins, living in Nigeria, is at risk of losing her newborns to ancient superstitious beliefs. An essay by Liam Thornton (UCD School of Law) is also included, explaining the Irish legal position in relation to asylum seekers and direct provision. 'Fresh, devastating stories . . . Okorie writes with uncomfortable clarity about things we think we already know' LIA MILLS 'Melatu Uche Okorie has important things to say - and she does it quite brilliantly' RODDY DOYLE

Inside an American Hostel
Inside an American Hostel

Author: Vikki Matsis

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2012-06-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781477661222

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Just like a great guidebook to a city, Vikki provides an incredible level of detail on how to run a hostel as efficiently and effectively as possible - from setting the hostel up to managing its budget to managing its technology and distribution of beds and rooms on the internet. There are no secrets to running a hostel, and with this book, anyone with a passion for travel and a desire to own a profitable business can set up his or her own hostel. No other book that I could find provides such an in-depth reference.

Hostelers
Hostelers

Author: Muskan Sachdeva

Publisher: The Little Booktique Hub

Published:

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Living in a hostel is a life-changing experience that allows you to develop as a person. Your ability to work together will be substantially enhanced. You'll have no qualms about sharing your food, beverages, tales, or laughing. You'll notice that ties will form quickly and that the things you share with other travellers will exceed your expectations. You will meet people from all regions, countries, cultures, and lifestyles as a result of the constant hostel guest turnover, and best of all... each has their own bag of adventures and stories to share with you. You'll fall into a routine in which the day of the week becomes inconsequential, and you'll even forget to check the time on the clock. “Hostelers” consists of several co-authors from all over the globe who have dedicated their inked verses as a poem, quote, micro tale or a short story which revolves around the theme- “Life in Hostel”. We are hoping for the great success of this book, a free anthology launched by Writer’s Abode Publication in which none of the co-Authors are charged a single penny throughout the publishing process.

Young Homeless People and Urban Space
Young Homeless People and Urban Space

Author: Emma Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-16

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1317936655

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This ethnographic exploration of contemporary spaces of homelessness takes an expanded view of homeless space, threading together experiences of organizational spaces, routes taken through the city and the occupation of public space. Through engaging with participants' accounts of movement and place, the book argues that young homeless people become fixed in mobility, a condition that impacts on both everyday life and possible futures. Based on an innovative multi-method study of a day centre in London for young homeless people, the book contextualizes spaces of homelessness within the social relations and flows of people that produce the world city. The book considers how the biographical and everyday trajectories of young homeless people intersect with place attachments and forms of governance to produce urban homeless spaces. It provides a new angle on the city made by movement, foregrounding the impact of mobilities shaped by loss, violence and the search for opportunity. The book draws on mental maps, photography, interviews and observation in order to produce an engaging and rich ethnographic account of young homeless people in the city.

Repression and Resistance
Repression and Resistance

Author: Robin Cohen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-02-29

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1003855237

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Originally published in 1990, this book provides a unique view of South Africa and when it was published, it represented a coming of age of a new and vigorous strand of scholarship. The contributors are black social scientists, doctors or trade unionists, some working inside black universities which subsequently turned against the apartheid planners who created them. This book reflects the conviction that the black people of South Africa are not only passive victims of white repression, but actors with the capacity for both overt and covert resistance. Whether writing about the health service, shopfloor struggles, or the evasion of pass controls, the contributors combine scholarly analysis with an insider’s knowledge of the difference between apartheid theory and the social reality of South Africa during the 1990s.