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

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. "Excrement of the State": The Soviet-Russian Production of Homelessness -- 2. Refuse Economics: Getting By with the Help of Waste -- 3. Perilous Places: The Use and Abuse of Space and Bodies -- 4. No Close Ones: About (Absent) Families and Friends -- 5. Friend or Foe? The Ambiguity of Homeless Togetherness -- 6. Dirt, Degradation, and Death -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Excrement of the state" : the Soviet-Russian production of homelessness -- Refuse economics : getting by with the help of waste -- Perilous places : the use and abuse of space and bodies -- No close ones : about (absent) families and friends -- Friend or foe? The ambiguity of homeless togetherness -- Dirt, degradation, and death