Needed by Nobody : Homelessness and Humanness in Post-Socialist Russia /

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Here, anthropoligist Tova Höjdestrand offers a nuanced portrait of homelessness in St Petersburg. Based on ethnographic work at railway stations, soup kitchens, and other places where the homeless gather, Höjdestrand describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Höjdestrand, Tova, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sociala förhållanden.
Hemlösa.
Social conditions.
Homelessness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Itinerance > Russie.
Homelessness > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation)
Russie > Conditions sociales > 1991-
Russia (Federation) > Social conditions > 1991-
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Excrement of the state" : the Soviet-Russian production of homelessness
  • Refuse economics : getting by with the help of waste
  • Perilous places : the use and abuse of space and bodies
  • No close ones : about (absent) families and friends
  • Friend or foe? The ambiguity of homeless togetherness
  • Dirt, degradation, and death.

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