Living with Koryak Traditions : Playing with Culture in Siberia.

By: King, Alexander DMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (348 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780803236011Subject(s): Culture and globalization -- Russia (Federation) -- Kamchatka Peninsula | Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) -- Ethnic relations | Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) -- Social life and customs | Koryaks -- Cultural assimilation -- Russia (Federation) -- Kamchatka Peninsula | Koryaks -- Russia (Federation) -- Kamchatka Peninsula -- Ethnic identity | Koryaks -- Russia (Federation) -- Kamchatka Peninsula -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Living with Koryak Traditions : Playing with Culture in SiberiaDDC classification: 305.89/46 LOC classification: DK759.K6 -- K56 2011ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: A Semiotics of Koryak Culture -- 1. Discovering Koryak Culture through History -- 2. Genuine and Spurious Culture in Kamchatka -- 3. Dancing in the Koryak House of Culture -- 4. The Culture of Schools and Museums -- 5. "This Is Not My Language!": Koryak Language in Schools -- Conclusion: Koryak Culture and the Future of Tradition -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Summary: An examination of the globalization of culture and the invention of tradition, and what it means to modern Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: A Semiotics of Koryak Culture -- 1. Discovering Koryak Culture through History -- 2. Genuine and Spurious Culture in Kamchatka -- 3. Dancing in the Koryak House of Culture -- 4. The Culture of Schools and Museums -- 5. "This Is Not My Language!": Koryak Language in Schools -- Conclusion: Koryak Culture and the Future of Tradition -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

An examination of the globalization of culture and the invention of tradition, and what it means to modern Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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