1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910476879503321

Autore

Siikala Anna-Leena

Titolo

Hidden rituals and public performances : traditions and belonging among the post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts / / Anna-Leena Siikala, Oleg Ulyashev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Helsinki : , : Finnish Literature Society / SKS, , [2011]

©2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Studia fennica. Folkloristica ; ; Volume 19

Disciplina

947.004945

Soggetti

Finno-Ugrians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Why are Khanty shamans still active? What are the folklore collectives of Komi? Why are the rituals of Udmurts performed at cultural festivals? In their insightful ethnographic study Anna-Leena Siikala and Oleg Ulyashev attempt to answer such questions by analysing the recreation of religious traditions, myths, and songs in public and private performances. Their work is based on long term fieldwork undertaken during the 1990s and 2000s in three different places, the Northern Ob region in North West Siberia and in the Komi and Udmurt Republics. It sheds light on how different traditions are favoured and transformed in multicultural Russia today. Siikala and Ulyashev examine rituals, songs, and festivals that emphasize specificity and create feelings of belonging between members of families, kin groups, villages, ethnic groups, and nations, and interpret them from a perspective of area, state, and cultural policies. A closer look at post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts shows that opportunities to perform ethnic culture vary significantly among Russian minorities with different histories and administrative organisation. Within this variation the dialogue between local and administrative needs is decisive.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811969603321

Autore

Bercovitch Jacob

Titolo

Regional guide to international conflict and management from 1945 to 2003 / / Jacob Bercovitch and Judith Fretter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : CQ Press, c2004

Washington, D.C. : , : CQ Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-322-30544-7

1-4522-6736-7

1-60426-390-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

909.8250202

Soggetti

World politics - 1945-1989

World politics - 1989-

Conflict management - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of: International conflict. 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-343) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Summary Contents; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Maps; Preface; An Overview of International Conflict; The Nature of International Conflict; Understanding International Conflict Management; International Organizations and Regional Conflicts; Regional Conflicts; Africa; Americas; Asia: East Asia and the Pacific; Asia: Southwest Asia; Europe; Middle East; Appendix A: Countries and Their Regions; Appendix B: Chronology of Regional Conflicts; Appendix C: Organization Factsheets; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Provides global, regional, and specific information on the over 350 international conflicts that have occurred since World War II. This book contains comprehensive regional sections, each of which includes: an essay providing regional context and highlighting the interrelation of countries and conflict in that area and various other issues.