| The Unmaking of Soviet Life Contributor(s): Humphrey, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801439817 ISBN-13: 9780801439810 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 330.947 |
| LCCN: 2001005841 |
| Series: Culture and Society After Socialism |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.33 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Humphrey, Caroline: - Caroline Humphrey is Professor of Asian Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, author of several books, and winner of the J. I. Staley Prize for her landmark book The Karl Marx Collective: Economy and Society in a Siberian Collective Farm. |