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Cultural Diversity in Russian Cities: The Urban Landscape in the post-Soviet Era: 2 Reprint Edition
Author(s): Cordula Gdaniec
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2012
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 196 pages
- ISBN-10: 0857458132
- ISBN-13: 9780857458131
Book Description
Cultural diversity – the multitude of different lifestyles that are not necessarily based on ethnic culture – is a catchphrase increasingly used in place of multiculturalism and in conjunction with globalization. Even though it is often used as a slogan it does capture a widespread phenomenon that cities must contend with in dealing with their increasingly diverse populations. The contributors examine how Russian cities are responding and through case studies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Sochi explore the ways in which different cultures are inscribed into urban spaces, when and where they are present in public space, and where and how they carve out their private spaces. Through its unique exploration of the Russian example, this volume addresses the implications of the fragmented urban landscape on cultural practices and discourses, ethnicity, lifestyles and subcultures, and economic practices, and in doing so provides important insights applicable to a global context.
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About the Author
Cordula Gdaniec currently works at the German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst in a project on cultures of remembrance. From 2003-2008, she was a Research Fellow and Lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin, involved in the project “Urban culture and ethnic representation Berlin and Moscow as emerging world cities?” at the Department of European Ethnology.
