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Shelter: Stories of the Tragic and Joyful Young Men of a South African Shelter

Year: 2025

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Shelter tells the story of the writer's nine months spent volunteering at a home for young men in Cape Town, South Africa. It focuses on the themes of manhood and masculinity, dignity as a found concept, self-realization through travel, modern colonialism and the first world/third world relationship, and the meaning of volunteering, for both the individual and those being "helped."

Source: ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University)

DOI: 10.25777/ph94-pp09

Author: Scaccia, Jesse

Institution: Old Dominion University

Language: English

Topic: Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6964569313

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