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Galvanizing nostalgia? indigeneity and sovereignty in Siberia

Title: Galvanizing nostalgia? [electronic resource] : indigeneity and sovereignty in Siberia / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer.
Author: Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam.
Publication: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.

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Description

1 online resource (xv, 254 pages) : illustrations, map.

Summary

"This book explores the survival of federal Russia. Based on the field of cultural anthropology and historical research in the republics of Eastern Siberia--Sakha (Yakutia), Buryatia, and Tyva (Tuva)--the book highlights Indigenous concerns about civil society, spiritual vitality, and ecology. Indigenous groups are defending their lands and rights without being secessionist"--

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Galvanizing nostalgia? (Online)

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Galvanizing nostalgia? (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-241) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: Contested ecological, cultural, and political sovereignty in Russia -- Sakha Republic (Yakutia): resource rich and pivotal -- Republic of Buryatia: gerrymandered and struggling -- Tyva (Tuva): a borderline state with demographic advantages -- Crossover trends: Eurasianism, competition, cooperation and protest -- Conclusions: Federalism, cultural dignity, and nostalgia.

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