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

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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Author / Creator: Höjdestrand, Tova, 1964-
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:Cornell paperbacks.
Culture and society after socialism.
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