Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
Contents
"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.