LEADER 04330nam 22006975 450 001 9910789625803321 005 20220402003649.0 010 $a0-8014-6019-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460197 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079039 035 $a(EBL)3138093 035 $a(OCoLC)726824364 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483189 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303492 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483189 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10529265 035 $a(PQKB)10559549 035 $a(OCoLC)966821615 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51935 035 $a(DE-B1597)478566 035 $a(OCoLC)979627760 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460197 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138093 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079039 100 $a20190708d2016 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Captive and the Gift $eCultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus /$fBruce Grant 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 225 0 $aCulture and Society after Socialism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-4304-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Promethean Beginnings --$t2. Histories of Encounter, Raidings, and Trade --$t3. Noble Giving, Noble Taking --$t4. Rites of Encounter --$t5. Captive Russians --$t6. Caucasian Refl ections --$t7. From Prometheus to the Present --$tGlossary --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record, it has earned a reputation for fearsome violence and isolated mountain redoubts closed to outsiders. Over extended efforts to control the Caucasus area, Russians have long mythologized stories of their countrymen taken captive by bands of mountain brigands. In The Captive and the Gift, the anthropologist Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area. Taking his lead from Aleksandr Pushkin's 1822 poem "Prisoner of the Caucasus," Grant explores the extraordinary resonances of the themes of violence, captivity, and empire in the Caucasus through mythology, poetry, short stories, ballet, opera, and film. Grant argues that while the recurring Russian captivity narrative reflected a wide range of political positions, it most often and compellingly suggested a vision of Caucasus peoples as thankless, lawless subjects of empire who were unwilling to acknowledge and accept the gifts of civilization and protection extended by Russian leaders. Drawing on years of field and archival research, Grant moves beyond myth and mass culture to suggest how real-life Caucasus practices of exchange, by contrast, aimed to control and diminish rather than unleash and increase violence. The result is a historical anthropology of sovereign forms that underscores how enduring popular narratives and close readings of ritual practices can shed light on the management of pluralism in long-fraught world areas. 410 0$aCulture and society after socialism. 410 0$aCornell paperbacks. 606 $aSovereignty$xSocial aspects$zCaucasus 606 $aSovereignty$xSocial aspects$zRussia 606 $aSovereignty$xSocial aspects$zSoviet Union 607 $aCaucasus$xCivilization 607 $aCaucasus$xRelations$zRussia 607 $aRussia$xRelations$zCaucasus 607 $aCaucasus$xRelations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xRelations$zCaucasus 615 0$aSovereignty$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSovereignty$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSovereignty$xSocial aspects 676 $a947.5 700 $aGrant$b Bruce$0835474 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789625803321 996 $aThe Captive and the Gift$93808892 997 $aUNINA