Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia - The Number One Reindeer Brigade

Klappentext This is a first-hand account of a reindeer-herding collective in the remote Taimyr peninsula of Siberia. The author gives an intimate description of the day-to-day lives of a little-known group of Evenkis as they face both economic and ecological challenges. His study addresses questions of identity, nationalism, and ecological theory, as well as mapping the changes caused in the region by the formation of and the recent break-up of the Soviet Union. Zusammenfassung A first-hand account of a reindeer-herding collective in the remote Taimyr peninsula of Siberia, providing information on the historical and political dynamics of northern Asia. The text also traces the changes caused in the region by the formation of, and the break-up of, the Soviet Union.

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• Authors: David G. Anderson, David G. (Lecturer in Anthropology Anderson, ANDERSON DAVID G
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2002
• EAN: 9780199250820
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925082-0
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C; Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology