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Needed by Nobody: Homelessness and Humanness in Post-Socialist Russia
Tova Hojdestrand
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Description for Needed by Nobody: Homelessness and Humanness in Post-Socialist Russia
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Homelessness became a conspicuous facet of Russian cityscapes only in the 1990s, when the Soviet criminalization of vagrancy and similar offenses was abolished. In spite of the host of social and economic problems confronting Russia in the demise of Soviet power, the social dislocation endured by increasing numbers of people went largely unrecognized by the state. Being homeless carries a special burden in Russia, where a permanent address is the precondition for all civil rights and social benefits and where homelessness is often regarded as a result of laziness and drinking, rather than external factors. In ... Read more
Homelessness became a conspicuous facet of Russian cityscapes only in the 1990s, when the Soviet criminalization of vagrancy and similar offenses was abolished. In spite of the host of social and economic problems confronting Russia in the demise of Soviet power, the social dislocation endured by increasing numbers of people went largely unrecognized by the state. Being homeless carries a special burden in Russia, where a permanent address is the precondition for all civil rights and social benefits and where homelessness is often regarded as a result of laziness and drinking, rather than external factors. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Culture and Society After Socialism
Condition
New
Weight
371g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801475931
SKU
V9780801475931
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Reviews for Needed by Nobody: Homelessness and Humanness in Post-Socialist Russia
Needed by Nobody is a wonderful book that has much to contribute to discussions in urban anthropology and sociology, Russian studies, homelessness, alcoholism, and psychology. I have enormous respect for the fieldwork that Tova Hoejdestrand conducted for this admirable ethnography. I read every word with great interest. -Dale Pesmen, author of Russia and Soul: An Exploration