Elliot Liebow

Elliot Liebow (1925–1994) was an American urban anthropologist and ethnographer.[1][2] His works include Tally's Corner and Tell Them Who I Am, both micro-sociological writings that were participant observer studies of people in poor areas.[3][4][5] He also served as chief of the Center for the Study of Work and Mental Health at the National Institute of Mental Health.[6]

Tally's Corner served as Liebow's PhD dissertation for Catholic University of America. The book is recognized as a classic ethnography of black street-corner society in Washington DC featuring the narratives of young unemployed and casually employed black men about work, their families, friends and themselves.[7] It has sold more than a million copies.[8]

Liebow was also a poet.[9]

Tell Them Who I Am accounts the everyday life of homeless women in Washington D.C. Liebow's purpose for the book was to "write a straight forward description of shelter life," "see the world of homelessness as homeless women see and experience it," and explain "how these women remained human in the face of inhuman conditions." [10]

References
  1. Gelder, Lawrence Van (September 7, 1994). "Elliot Liebow, Anthropologist And Sociologist, Is Dead at 69" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "Elliot Liebow | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  3. "ELLIOT LIEBOW DIES AT 69". September 7, 1994 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. "Back on Tally's Corner". Washington City Paper.
  5. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-02-919095-1
  6. Service, New York Times News. "SOCIOLOGIST ELLIOT LIEBOW, 69; WROTE OF HOMELESS, URBAN SOCIETY". chicagotribune.com.
  7. Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 430. ISBN 9780415252256.
  8. "Tally's Corner Revisited". American Sociological Association. November 30, 2017.
  9. "Elliot Liebow; Anthropologist Wrote 'Tally's Corner'". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 1994.
  10. Liebow, Elliot (1995). Tell Them Who I Am. Penguin Books.


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