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dc.contributor.editorAnderson, David G.
dc.contributor.editorArzyutov, Dmitry V.
dc.contributor.editorAlymov, Sergei S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-06 15:04:45
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:49:57Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:49:57Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier1004284
dc.identifierOCN: 1090023286en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25805
dc.description.abstractThe idea of etnos came into being over a hundred years ago as a way of understanding the collective identities of people with a common language and shared traditions. In the twentieth century, the concept came to be associated with Soviet state-building, and it fell sharply out of favour. Yet outside the academy, etnos-style arguments not only persist, but are a vibrant part of regional anthropological traditions. Life Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond makes a powerful argument for reconsidering the importance of etnos in our understanding of ethnicity and national identity across Eurasia. The collection brings to life a rich archive of previously unpublished letters, fieldnotes, and photographic collections of the theory’s early proponents. Using contemporary fieldwork and case studies, the volume shows how the ideas of these ethnographers continue to impact and shape identities in various regional theatres from Ukraine to the Russian North to the Manchurian steppes of what is now China. Through writing a life history of these collectivist concepts, the contributors to this volume unveil a world where the assumptions of liberal individualism do not hold. In doing so, they demonstrate how notions of belonging are not fleeting but persistent, multi-generational, and bio-social.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otheretnos
dc.subject.othercollective identities
dc.subject.otherlanguage
dc.subject.othertraditions
dc.subject.otherethnicity
dc.subject.othernational identity
dc.subject.otherEurasia
dc.titleLife Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0150
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages448
oapen.identifier.ocn1090023286


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