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Living with Koryak Traditions: Playing with Culture in Siberia
Alexander D. King
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Description for Living with Koryak Traditions: Playing with Culture in Siberia
Paperback. Examines the impact of globalized culture and tradition, on the Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
What does it mean to be a traditional Koryak in the modern world? How do indigenous Siberians express a culture that entails distinctive customs and traditions? For decades these people, who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Siberia, have been in the middle of contradictory Soviet/Russian colonial policies that celebrate cultural and ethnic difference across Russia yet seek to erase those differences. Government institutions both impose state ideologies of culture and civilization and are sites of community revitalization for indigenous Siberians. In Living with Koryak Traditions, Alexander D. King reveals that, rather than having a single model of Koryak culture, ... Read more
What does it mean to be a traditional Koryak in the modern world? How do indigenous Siberians express a culture that entails distinctive customs and traditions? For decades these people, who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Siberia, have been in the middle of contradictory Soviet/Russian colonial policies that celebrate cultural and ethnic difference across Russia yet seek to erase those differences. Government institutions both impose state ideologies of culture and civilization and are sites of community revitalization for indigenous Siberians. In Living with Koryak Traditions, Alexander D. King reveals that, rather than having a single model of Koryak culture, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803235090
SKU
V9780803235090
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About Alexander D. King
Alexander D. King is a senior lecturer of anthropology at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and managing editor of the journal Sibirica: Journal of Siberian Studies.
Reviews for Living with Koryak Traditions: Playing with Culture in Siberia
"Both theoretically compelling and an engaging read. . . . Very readable for undergraduates."—Justine Buck Quijada, Russian Review "King's book is a very interesting and welcome addition to the discussion of native culture in post-Soviet Russia."—Katherine Osgood, Sibirica Journal "This product of meticulous ethnography and long-term engagement with Koryak culture is a very valuable contribution to the study of Siberian ... Read more