Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North
This book draws on a wide range of theoretical perspectives - from Chaney and Bourdieu to Berger, Sontag and Bakhtin - and from ideas about nostalgia to theories of consumption, nation, and ethnicity. The ethnographic detail in each chapter is impressive, and in my view is the real core of the book. It is a resource which will be widely used by Russian, Soviet and postsocialist specialists, by anthropologists, sociologists and geographers, and by anyone interested in cultural studies, mate...
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- Publisher : Open Book Publishers
- Series : OBP collection
- Place of publication : Cambridge
- Year of publication : 2019
- Published on OpenEdition Books : 12 octobre 2020
- EAN (Print version) : 978-1-78374-717-7
- Electronic EAN : 979-10-365-5619-7
- Number of pages : xix-465 p.
Studying Lifestyle in Russia
Siberian Leisure Mobilities Under Late Socialism and After
Analysing Movement and Place in Biographical Narratives
Home Photography in the Inquiry of Lifestyles
The Aesthetics of Ethnicity in Sakha (Yakutia)
National-Cultural Organisations in Siberia
Playful Appropriation of Ancestral Memory in a Youth Camp in Western Siberia
Lifestyle and Live-Action Role-Playing in Siberia and the Russian Far East
On Research Design and Methods
This book draws on a wide range of theoretical perspectives - from Chaney and Bourdieu to Berger, Sontag and Bakhtin - and from ideas about nostalgia to theories of consumption, nation, and ethnicity. The ethnographic detail in each chapter is impressive, and in my view is the real core of the book. It is a resource which will be widely used by Russian, Soviet and postsocialist specialists, by anthropologists, sociologists and geographers, and by anyone interested in cultural studies, material culture and consumption, and place and ethnicity.
– Dr. Frances Pine, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North breaks new ground by exploring the concept of lifestyle from a distinctly anthropological perspective. Showcasing the collective work of ten experienced scholars in the field, the book goes beyond concepts of tradition that have often been the focus of previous research, to explain how political, economic and technological changes in Russia have created a wide range of new possibilities and constraints in the pursuit of different ways of life.
Each contribution is drawn from meticulous first-hand field research, and the authors engage with theoretical questions such as whether and how the concept of lifestyle can be extended beyond its conventionally urban, Euro-American context and employed in a markedly different setting. Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North builds on the contributors’ clear commitment to diversifying the field and providing a novel and intimate insight into this vast and dynamic region.
This book provides inspiring reading for students and teachers of Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Studies and for anyone interested in Russia and its regions. By providing ethnographic case studies, it is also a useful basis for teaching anthropological methods and concepts, both at graduate and undergraduate level. Rigorous and innovative, it marks an important contribution to the study of Siberia and the Russian North.
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