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This book 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, it describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population.

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"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 Höjdestrand conducted for this admirable ethnography. I read every word with great interest." -- Dale Pesmen, author of Russia and Soul: An Exploration

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    Publisher: Cornell University Press
    Publication Date: 27/08/2009
    ISBN13: 9780801475931, 978-0801475931
    ISBN10: 0801475937
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    Housing and homelessness Poverty and precarity

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This book 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, it describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population.

    Trade Review
    "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 Höjdestrand conducted for this admirable ethnography. I read every word with great interest." -- Dale Pesmen, author of Russia and Soul: An Exploration

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