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9780801487736

The Unmaking of Soviet Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801487736

  • ISBN10:

    0801487730

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-04-01
  • Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

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Summary

In order to understand today's Russia and former Soviet republics, it is vital to consider their socialist past. Caroline Humphrey, one of anthropology's most highly regarded thinkers on a number of topics including consumption, identity, and ritual, is the ideal guide to the intricacies of post-Soviet culture. The Unmaking of Soviet Life brings together ten of Humphrey's best essays, which cover, geographically, Central Russia, Siberia, and Mongolia; and thematically, the politics of locality, property, and persons. Bridging the strongest of Humphrey's work from 1991 to 2001, the essays do a great deal to demystify the sensational topics of mafia, barter, bribery, and the new shamanism by locating them in the lived experiences of a wide range of subjects. The Unmaking of Soviet Life includes a foreword and introductory paragraphs by Bruce Grant and Nancy Ries that precede each essay.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword: The Shifting Fields of Culture and Society after Socialism ix
Bruce Grant
Nancy Ries
Note on Transliteration xiii
Abbreviations and Terms xv
Introduction xvii
Part I: The Politics of Locality in an Unstable State 1(64)
``Icebergs,'' Barter, and the Mafia in Provincial Russia
5(16)
Mythmaking, Narratives, and the Dispossessed in Russia
21(19)
Creating a Culture of Disillusionment: Consumption in Moscow, a Chronicle of Changing Times
40(25)
Part II: Strategies beyond the Law 65(82)
Traders, ``Disorder,'' and Citizenship Regimes in Provincial Russia
69(30)
Russian Protection Rackets and the Appropriation of Law and Order
99(28)
Rethinking Bribery in Contemporary Russia
127(20)
Part III: Rethinking Personhood 147(76)
Avgai Khad: Theft and Social Trust in Postcommunist Mongolia
153(11)
The Domestic Mode of Production in Post-Soviet Siberia?
164(11)
The Villas of the ``New Russians'': A Sketch of Consumption and Cultural Identity in Post-Soviet Landscapes
175(27)
Shamans in the City
202(21)
Notes 223(24)
Bibliography 247(12)
Index 259

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