Rebuilding Identities: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia (Siberian Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3496027789 ISBN 13: 9783496027782

Publisher: Dietrich Reimer, 2009

Synopsis

The dissolution of the Soviet Union has opened up new processes of building and rebuilding collective identities in the Russian North. Contests over identity have become highly politicised and are seen by many inhabitants of Siberia as an instrument to secure access to resources and cultural property. The contributors to this volume explore these controversial trends by paying close attention to the diverse social backgrounds of the inhabitants. The underlying issues, particularly the importance of ethnicity vis-a-vis other types of collective identity, are placed into a comparative perspective through the inclusion of additional case studies from neighboring regions

Edition details

• Publisher: Dietrich Reimer
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3496027789
• ISBN 13: 9783496027782
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Kasten Erich