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