Siberian Survival : : The Nenets and Their Story / / Andrei V. Golovnev, Gail Osherenko.

The Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia is one of the few remaining places on earth where a nomadic people retain a traditional culture. Here in the tundra, the Nenets—one of the few indigenous minorities of the Russian North—follow a lifestyle shaped by the seasonal migrations of the reindeer t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1999
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 6 maps, 2 drawings, 32 page color insert
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Preface
  • Introduction: "The People" or "the Others"
  • 1. Rebirth of the Culture
  • 2. Nomadic Life: Men and Women in the Context of Traditions
  • 3. Endurance: Chiefs against Rulers
  • 4. Ordeals: The Last Rebellions
  • 5. Strained Dialogue
  • 6. Tundra Crossroads: Post-Soviet Reflections
  • Conclusion: Cultural Survival in the Twenty-first Century
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index