“Salvaging the Self From Homelessness”

    Research Question: How do the homeless, who are members of a highly stigmatized population, sustain conceptions of self-worth? Thesis: The homeless sustain conceptions of self-worth by engaging in three forms of ‘identity talk’: distancing, embracement and fictive storytelling, enabling them to situationally resist, accept or mythicize the stigmatized social identity of homelessness.