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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453158603321

Autore

Willerslev Rane <1971->

Titolo

On the run in Siberia / / Rane Willerslev ; translated by Coilín ÓhAiseadha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-4529-4790-2

0-8166-8147-3

0-8166-7627-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ÓhAiseadhaCoilín

Disciplina

305.89/46

B

Soggetti

Yukaghir - Hunting - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Yukaghir - Russia (Federation) - Siberia - Social life and customs

Refugees - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Anthropologists - Denmark

Sable trapping - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Fur trade - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Mafia - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Electronic books.

Siberia (Russia) Description and travel

Siberia (Russia) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published in Danish as På flugt i Sibirien : Zobeljagt, russisk mafia og 65 minusgrader (Copenhagen : Gyldendal, 2009)"--title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Glossary; Gallery of Characters; One Last, Feeble Attempt; THE FUR PROJECT; 1. Shalugin, Leader of the Yukaghirs; 2. A Post-Soviet Nightmare; 3. Sable Furs for Sale; ON THE RUN IN THE WILDERNESS; 4. Out of Range; 5. Soft Gold; 6. Starvation and Desperation; 7. In the Yukaghirs' Camp; 8. A Long-Awaited Friend; BACK TO THE VILLAGE; 9. The Curse; 10. Land of Shadows; 11. Screwed; 12. The Way Back; A Leap in Time; APPENDIXES:



SURVIVING IN SIBERIA; A. Using the Leghold Trap; B. Yukaghir Idols; C. Netting Fish in Siberia

D. Finding Your Way in the TaigaE. How to Track and Shoot a Moose; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

A hair-raising tale of idealism, political corruption, shamanism, and survival in the Siberian wilderness