This book challenges thinking about the nature and causes of poverty in both the Global North and Global South. Together with a companion volume providing more detailed interdisciplinary and theoretical insights into the phenomenon of shame in relation to poverty, the book shows how the pain of poverty is emotional as well as material.

1. Introduction ; Section 1: Cultural conceptions of poverty and shame: Preface ; 2. Oral Tradition and Literary Portrayals of Poverty; the Evolution of Poverty Shame in Uganda ; 3. The Wealth of Poverty-induced Shame in Urdu Literature ; 4. Film and literature as social commentary in India ; 5. Poverty and shame in Chinese literature ; 6. Poverty and shame: seeking cultural cues within British literature and film ; 7. Disclosing the poverty-shame nexus within popular films in South Korea ( 1975-2010) ; 8. 'Then' and 'now': Literary representatio nof shame, poverty and social exclusion in Norway ; Section 2 : Experiences of poverty and shame in seven countries: Preface ; 9. 'Needy and vulnerable, but poverty is not my identity': Experiences of people in poverty in Uganda ; 10. Tales of inadequacey from Pakistan ; 11. 'I am not alone' : Experience sof poverty induced shame in a moral economy ; 12. Experiences of poverty and shame in urban China ; 13. The 'shame' of shame: experiences of people living in poverty in Britain ; 14. Social isolation and poverty in South Korea: A manifestation of the poverty-shame nexus ; 15. Relative poverty in a rich, egalitarian welfare state: Experiences from Norway ; Section 3: The role of media and society in the construction of poverty-related shame : Preface ; 16. Poverty the invisible and inseparable 'shadow': Reflections from the media and the better off in rural Uganda ; 17. How best to shame those in poverty: Perspectives from Pakistan ; 18. Persistence of shaming in hierarchical society: The case of India ; 19. Society and shaming: General public and media perceptions of poverty in urban China ; 20. Constructing reality?: The 'discursive truth' of poverty in Britain and how it frames the experience of shame ; 21. 'No one should be poor': Social Shaming in Norway ; 22. Poverty and shame: the future

Challenges prevailing views about the nature and impact of poverty Provides unique and multiple insights into how shame in association with poverty is constructed and experienced. Provides a clear practice example of cross cultural, interdisciplinary and comparative research in seven different countries Points to the need for policies that promote dignity and explains why they are likely to be more effective than those that do not

Elaine Chase is a Research Fellow at the Department of Social Policy and Green Templeton College, University of Oxford Her research interests include the sociological dimensions of poverty, migration, social exclusion, rights and wellbeing. She has conducted research and written widely on these themes from a UK and international perspective and with a particular focus on young people and communities most likely to face marginalisation and disadvantage. Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo is a Professor in the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University, Uganda, and is a distinguished social anthropologist and an experienced trainer/lecturer, researcher and advocate for gender equality and social transformation. Grace has done extensive research in poverty and social exclusion , gender poverty and social transformation, Reproductive Health, in particular maternal health, HIV/AIDs in conflict situation. She has also researched on women and ICT and Gender and climate change. She has published widely, most recent being a co-authored book entitled Women, Work and Domestic Virtue in Uganda which got an award from African Studies Association.

Challenges prevailing views about the nature and impact of poverty Provides unique and multiple insights into how shame in association with poverty is constructed and experienced. Provides a clear practice example of cross cultural, interdisciplinary and comparative research in seven different countries Points to the need for policies that promote dignity and explains why they are likely to be more effective than those that do not