ISBN:
9781602231252
,
1602231257
,
9781602231207
,
1602231206
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 398 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wiget, Andrew Khanty, people of the taiga
DDC:
305.89451
Keywords:
Khanty Ethnic identity
;
Russia (Federation)
;
Siberia
;
Khanty Cultural assimilation
;
Russia (Federation)
;
Siberia
;
Khanty Social conditions
;
Russia (Federation)
;
Siberia
;
Taigas Russia (Federation)
;
Siberia
;
Reindeer herders Russia (Federation)
;
Siberia
;
Taigas
;
Reindeer herders
;
Khanty Social conditions
;
Khanty Cultural assimilation
;
Khanty Ethnic identity
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Ethnic relations
;
Reindeer herders
;
Social conditions
;
Taigas
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Siberia (Russia) Ethnic relations
;
Siberia (Russia) Social conditions
;
Siberia (Russia) Social conditions
;
Siberia (Russia) Ethnic relations
;
Russia (Federation) ; Siberia
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Drawing on nearly twenty years of fieldwork, as well as ethnohistory, politics, and economics, this volume takes a close look at changes in the lives of the indigenous Siberian Khanty people and draws crucial connections between those changes and the social, cultural, and political transformation that swept Russia during the transition to democracy. Delving deeply into the history of the Khanty-who were almost completely isolated prior to the Russian revolution-the authors show how the customs, traditions, and knowledge of indigenous people interact with and are threatened by events in the lar
Abstract:
List of Figures; Note on Spelling, Pronunciation, and Usage; Preface; 1. Iugra; 2. Iakh and Sir; 3. Traditions; 4. Transformations; 5. Kurlomkin: Taiga Hunter; 6. Kanterov: Muskeg Reindeer Herder; 7. Black Snow; 8. Land, Leadership, and Community; 9. Accommodation, Resistance, and Resilience; Bibliography; Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-378) and index. - Description based on print version record
