The Unmaking of Soviet Life : Everyday Economies after Socialism / Caroline Humphrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphrey, Caroline, author.

Series:

Culture and society after socialism.

Culture and Society after Socialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-communism--Mongolia.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Russia (Federation).

Mongolia--Social conditions.

Mongolia.

Mongolia--Economic conditions.

Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 265 pages ) : illustrations, 1 map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In order to understand today's Russia and former Soviet republics, it is vital to consider their socialist past. Caroline Humphrey, one of anthropology's most highly regarded thinkers on a number of topics including consumption, identity, and ritual, is the ideal guide to the intricacies of post-Soviet culture. The Unmaking of Soviet Life brings together ten of Humphrey's best essays, which cover, geographically, Central Russia, Siberia, and Mongolia; and thematically, the politics of locality, property, and persons.Bridging the strongest of Humphrey's work from 1991 to 2001, the essays do a great deal to demystify the sensational topics of mafia, barter, bribery, and the new shamanism by locating them in the lived experiences of a wide range of subjects. The Unmaking of Soviet Life includes a foreword and introductory paragraphs by Bruce Grant and Nancy Ries that precede each essay.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Foreword: The Shifting Fields of Culture and Society after Socialism

NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: LOCALITY IN AN UNSTABLE STATE

INTRODUCTION TO PART I

CHAPTER 1. "ICEBERGS," BARTER, AND THE MAFIA IN PROVINCIAL RUSSIA

CHAPTER 2. MYTH MAKING, NARRATIVES, AND THE DISPOSSESSED IN RUSSIA

CHAPTER 3. CREATING A CULTURE OF DISILLUSIONMENT CONSUMPTION MOSCOW, A CHRONICLE OF CHANGING TIMES

PART II: STRATEGIES BEYOND THE LAW

INTRODUCTION TO PART II

CHAPTER 4. TRADERS, "DISORDER," AND CITIZENSHIP REGIMES IN PROVINCIAL RUSSIA

CHAPTER 5. RUSSIAN PROTECTION RACKETS AND THE APPROPRIATION OF LAW AND ORDER

CHAPTER 6. RETHINKING BRIBERY IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA

PART III: RETHINKING PERSONHOOD

INTRODUCTION TO PART III

CHAPTER 7. AVGAI KHAD THEFT AND SOCIAL TRUST IN POSTCOMMUNIST MONGOLIA

CHAPTER 8. THE DOMESTIC MODE OF PRODUCTION IN POST-SOVIET SIBERIA?

CHAPTER 9. THE VILLAS OF THE "NEW RUSSIANS": A SKETCH OF CONSUMPTION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN POST-SOVIET LANDSCAPES

CHAPTER 10. SHAMANS IN THE CITY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501725722

1501725726

OCLC:

1080551024