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Strangers in a Strange Land
Paul Manning
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Description for Strangers in a Strange Land
Hardback. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 315 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 665.
Manning examines the formation of nineteenth century intelligentsia print publics in the former Soviet republic of Georgia both anthropologically and historically. At once somehow part of “Europe,” at least aspirationally, and yet rarely recognised by others as such, Georgia attempted to forge European style publics as a strong claim to European identity. These attempts also produced a crisis of self-definition, as European Georgia sent newspaper correspondents into newly re-conquered Oriental Georgia, only to discover that the people of these lands were strangers. In this encounter, the community of ‘strangers’ of European Georgian publics proved unable to assimilate the people of ... Read more
Manning examines the formation of nineteenth century intelligentsia print publics in the former Soviet republic of Georgia both anthropologically and historically. At once somehow part of “Europe,” at least aspirationally, and yet rarely recognised by others as such, Georgia attempted to forge European style publics as a strong claim to European identity. These attempts also produced a crisis of self-definition, as European Georgia sent newspaper correspondents into newly re-conquered Oriental Georgia, only to discover that the people of these lands were strangers. In this encounter, the community of ‘strangers’ of European Georgian publics proved unable to assimilate the people of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century
Number of Pages
345
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781936235766
SKU
V9781936235766
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About Paul Manning
Paul Manning (PhD University of Chicago) is an associate professor of Anthropology at Trent University. His recent publications include “The Epoch of Magna: Capitalist Brands and Postsocialist Revolutions in Georgia” (Slavic Review), “Rose-Colored Glasses? Color Revolutions and Cartoon Chaos in Postsocialist Georgia” (Cultural Anthropology), “Materiality and Cosmology: Old Georgian Churches as Sacred, Sublime, and Secular Objects” (Ethnos).
Reviews for Strangers in a Strange Land
“This is a sophisticated exploration of the complex and often contradictory elements of nation-building and identity-formation in Georgia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Manning, has an extraordinary understanding of the subtleties of Georgian writing. Drawing on Gerogian newspapers, poetry, and short stories, and focusing on Georgia’s encounters with Europe, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, he weaves together ... Read more