Cultural diversity in Russian cities : the urban landscape in the post-Soviet era /: the urban landscape in the post-Soviet era. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cordula Gdaniec.
• Other Names: Gdaniec, Cordula
• Contents: Cultural diversity between staging and the everyday: experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities. An introduction / Cordula Gdaniec -- Is Chinese space 'Chinese'? New migrants in St. Petersburg / Megan L. Dixon -- Constructions of the 'other': racialisation of migrants in Moscow and Novosibirsk / Larisa Kosygina -- Reshaping living space: concepts of home represented by women migrants working in St. Petersburg / Olga Brednikova and Olga Tkach -- African communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg: issues of inclusion and exclusion / Svetlana Boltovskaya -- The construction of 'marginality' and 'normality': in search of a collective identity among youth cultural scenes in Sochi / Irina Kosterina and Ulia Andreeva -- You know what kind of place this is, don't you? An exploration of lesbian spaces in Moscow / Katja Sarajeva -- Begging as economic practice: urban niches in central St. Petersburg / Maria Scattone.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (196 pages)
• Subjects: 304.800947/091732; Cultural pluralism -- Russia (Federation) -- History; Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History; Rationalization (Psychology) -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History; Language and culture -- Russia (Federation); Großstadt; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft; Subkultur; Sozialer Wandel; Russland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845458317; 1845458311
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.