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Peoples of the tundra : northern Siberians in the post-communist transition / John P. Ziker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ziker, John P. (John Peter), 1965-
- Series:
- Anthropology online.
- Anthropology online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dolgans--Russia (Federation)--Taymyr Peninsula.
- Dolgans.
- Nganasani--Russia (Federation)--Taymyr Peninsula.
- Nganasani.
- Post-communism--Russia (Federation)--Taymyr Peninsula.
- Post-communism.
- Russia (Federation)--Taymyr Peninsula.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 197 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Illinois : Waveland Press, Inc., [2002]
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "On ethnographic grounds alone, Ziker's book is a unique and valuable contribution. Despite increased fieldwork opportunities for foreigners in the former Soviet Union in recent years, much of Russia and Siberia remains terra incognita to Western scholars, except for specialists who know the Russian literature.
- In this sense, the book fills a gap in the ethnographic literature on Siberia for Western students and, at the same time, serves as a microcosm of the devastating changes affecting rural communities and indigenous peoples generally in a disintegrating former superpower; that is, increasing isolation and a shift to nonmarket survival economies."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.
- Ziker's account of the Dolgan and Nganasan peoples of the Ust Avam community is a fascinating analysis of how people adapt their hunting, fishing, and herding not only to the demanding Arctice environment but also to enormous economic and political adversities created in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse.
- Contents:
- Peoples of the Tundra
- Making a Living: Ecology and Economy
- The Loud Years: Resistance and Collaboration
- Alcohol and Violent Death
- Shamans, Ancestors, Sin, and Sacrifice
- The Law of the Tundra
- The Future Is in Their Hands.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Anthropology online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 606730866
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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