Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: A Semiotics of Koryak Culture; 1. Discovering Koryak Culture through History; 2. Genuine and Spurious Culture in Kamchatka; 3. Dancing in the Koryak House of Culture; 4. The Culture of Schools and Museums; 5. "This Is Not My Language!": Koryak Language in Schools; Conclusion: Koryak Culture and the Future of Tradition; Notes; Glossary; References; Index
Summary
An examination of the globalization of culture and the invention of tradition, and what it means to modern Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index
