Case studies of qualitative ethnographic research on cultural practices and their spatial manifestations in several Russian cities (Moscow, St.Petersburg, Sochi, Novosibirsk)
Issues of Racism and Homophobia in Russia
Self-Representations of transnational labour migrants, sub-cultural youth and beggars in Russia
Explorations of cosmopolitanism as a concept of cultural diversity in cities
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1. Cultural Diversity Between Staging and the Everyday - Experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Other Russian Cities. An Introduction
Cordula Gdaniec
Chapter 2. Is Chinese Space "Chinese?" New Migrants in St. Petersburg
Megan Dixon
Chapter 3. Contructions of the "Other": Racialization of Migrants in Moscow and Novosibirsk
Larisa Kosygina
Chapter 4. Reshaping Living Space: Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St.Petersburg
Olga Brednikova and Olga Tkach
Chapter 5. African Communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg: Inclusion and Exclusion to Social Life in Russia
Svetlana Boltovskaya
Chapter 6. The Construction of 'Marginality' and 'Normality' - In Search of a Collective Identity Among Youth Cultural Scenes in Sochi
Irina Kosterina and Ulia Andreeva
Chapter 7. "You Know What Kind of Place This is, Don't You?" An Exploration of Lesbian Spaces In Moscow
Katja Sarajeva
Chapter 8. Begging as Economic Practice: Urban Niches in Central St. Petersburg
Maria Scattone
Notes on Contributors
Index
