The Unmaking of Soviet Life

Everyday Economies After Socialism

• Author(s): Caroline Humphrey,
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Pages: 265
• ISBN_13: 9780801487736
  ISBN_10: 0801487730
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior , Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , History / Russia / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

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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.