Needed by nobody : homelessness and humanness in post-socialist Russia

Needed by nobody : homelessness and humanness in post-socialist Russia / Tova Höjdestrand.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Höjdestrand, Tova, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:Cornell paperbacks.
Culture and society after socialism.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Homelessness > Russia (Federation)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Homelessness
Social conditions
Hemlösa.
Sociala förhållanden.
Russia (Federation) > Social conditions > 1991-
Russia (Federation)
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index.
ISBN:9780801458798
080145879X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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