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Long Night at the Vepsian Museum : The Forest Folk of Northern Russia and the Struggle for Cultural Survival /

This book takes readers to the village of Sheltozero in northern Russia. it highlights a tiny community of indigenous people called Veps, known colloquially as "the forest folk" for their intense closeness and affiliation with the forests in their ancestral territories. Davidov uses a tour...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davidov, Veronica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Colección:Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: History and Memory
  • Chapter 2: Vepsian Cosmologies
  • Chapter 3: Spruce Eyelashes and Blue Eyes of Lakes
  • Chapter 4: The Bad Masters
  • Chapter 5: The Long Night of Museums
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index