Identity and ecology in Arctic Siberia : the number one reindeer brigade
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Identity and ecology in Arctic Siberia : the number one reindeer brigade
（Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology）
Oxford University Press, 2002, c2000
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"First published in paperback 2002" in t.p.verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-243) and index
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This is a first-hand account of a reindeer-herding collective in the remote Taimyr peninsula of Siberia. The author gives an intimate description of the day-to-day lives of a little-known group of Evenkis as they face both economic and ecological challenges. His book therefore fills a gap in our understanding of the historical and political dynamics of northern Asia, and traces the changes caused in the region by the formation of, and the recent break-up of, the
Soviet Union. It also addresses wider questions of ecological theory, nationalism, and the formation of identity. David G. Anderson's idea of `nationality inflation' provides a valuable new perspective on these topics. He shows how the Soviet state contributed to this `inflation' through its creation of
`authorized identities' and suggests how identity policy and the discourse it generated became a powerful historical force integrating the social dynamics of economy, politics, and culture.
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