ISBN:
1442636203
,
9781442636200
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 130 pages)
,
illustrations, map
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Davidov, Veronica, 1978- Long night at the Vepsian Museum
DDC:
305.800947
Keywords:
Veps History
;
Veps Ethnic identity
;
Veps Social life and customs
;
Veps Religion
;
Ethnology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Ethnology
;
Veps
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
History
;
Sheltozero (Russia) Religious life and customs
;
Russia (Federation) ; Sheltozero
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
History and memory -- Vepsian cosmologies -- Spruce eyelashes and blue eyes of lakes -- The bad masters -- The long night of museums.
Abstract:
This book takes readers to the village of Sheltozero in northern Russia. It highlights a tiny community of indigenous people called Veps, known colloquially as ""the forest folk"" for their intense closeness and affiliation with the forests in their ancestral territories
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121) and index
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