A Book Review: The King’s new clothes: Constructing and reconstructing ethnic traditions in contemporary Buriatia Cover Image

Nowe szaty króla? Konstruowanie i rekonstruowanie tradycji etnicznych we współczesnej Buriacji - Review: Ewa Nowicka, Korzenie ałtargany sięgają głę- boko. Buriaci między Rosją, Mongolią a Chinami, Kraków: Nomos, 2016
A Book Review: The King’s new clothes: Constructing and reconstructing ethnic traditions in contemporary Buriatia

Author(s): Ewa Szczecińska-Musielak
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Book-Review, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Buriats; Russia; ethnic traditions;

Summary/Abstract: The text is a review of Ewa Nowicka’s book. The review contains an overview of field research and contents of the book. It convincingly shows how political and social elites of Russian Buriatia try to construct or reconstruct Buriat ethnic identity. The review demonstrates that the book fulfilled its aims.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 0-0
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish
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