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Cultural Diversity in Russian Cities : the Urban Landscape in the post-Soviet Era.

Cultural diversity - the multitude of different lifestyles that are not necessarily based on ethnic culture - is a catchphrase increasingly used in place of multiculturalism and in conjunction with globalization. Even though it is often used as a slogan it does capture a widespread phenomenon that c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gdaniec, Cordula
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Series:Space and place.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cultural Diversity in Russian Cities; Contents; Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Cultural Diversity between Staging and the Everyday
  • Experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Other Russian Cities. An Introduction; Chapter 2: Is Chinese Space 'Chinese'? New Migrants in St. Petersburg; Chapter 3: Constructions of the 'Other'
  • Racialisation of Migrants in Moscow and Novosibirsk; Chapter 4: Reshaping Living Space
  • Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St. Petersburg.
  • Chapter 5: African Communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg
  • Issues of Inclusion and ExclusionChapter 6: The Construction of 'Marginality' and 'Normality'
  • In Search of a Collective Identity among Youth Cultural Scenes in Sochi; Chapter 7: 'You Know What Kind of Place This Is, Don't You?'
  • An Exploration of Lesbian Spaces in Moscow; Chapter 8: Begging as Economic Practice
  • Urban Niches in Central St. Petersburg; Contributors; Index.