The Captive and the Gift : Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus /
In this work the anthropologist Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area.
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés Ruso |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2009.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Promethean beginnings
- Histories of encounter, raidings, and trade
- Noble giving, noble taking
- Rites of encounter : brides, brigands, and fire bringers
- Captive Russians
- Caucasian reflections
- From Prometheus to the present.