The Captive and the Gift : : Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus / / Bruce Grant.
The Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record, it...
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Grant, Bruce, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Captive and the Gift : Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus / Bruce Grant. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011] ©2016 1 online resource (216 p.) : 1 map, 9 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Culture and Society after Socialism Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Promethean Beginnings -- 2. Histories of Encounter, Raidings, and Trade -- 3. Noble Giving, Noble Taking -- 4. Rites of Encounter -- 5. Captive Russians -- 6. Caucasian Refl ections -- 7. From Prometheus to the Present -- Glossary -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record, it has earned a reputation for fearsome violence and isolated mountain redoubts closed to outsiders. Over extended efforts to control the Caucasus area, Russians have long mythologized stories of their countrymen taken captive by bands of mountain brigands. In The Captive and the Gift, 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. Taking his lead from Aleksandr Pushkin's 1822 poem "Prisoner of the Caucasus," Grant explores the extraordinary resonances of the themes of violence, captivity, and empire in the Caucasus through mythology, poetry, short stories, ballet, opera, and film. Grant argues that while the recurring Russian captivity narrative reflected a wide range of political positions, it most often and compellingly suggested a vision of Caucasus peoples as thankless, lawless subjects of empire who were unwilling to acknowledge and accept the gifts of civilization and protection extended by Russian leaders. Drawing on years of field and archival research, Grant moves beyond myth and mass culture to suggest how real-life Caucasus practices of exchange, by contrast, aimed to control and diminish rather than unleash and increase violence.The result is a historical anthropology of sovereign forms that underscores how enduring popular narratives and close readings of ritual practices can shed light on the management of pluralism in long-fraught world areas. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Sovereignty Social aspects Caucasus. Sovereignty Social aspects Russia. Sovereignty Social aspects Soviet Union. Anthropology. History. Soviet & East European History. HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801460197 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801460197 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801460197/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Promethean Beginnings -- 2. Histories of Encounter, Raidings, and Trade -- 3. Noble Giving, Noble Taking -- 4. Rites of Encounter -- 5. Captive Russians -- 6. Caucasian Refl ections -- 7. From Prometheus to the Present -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
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