Title Long night at the Vepsian Museum : the forest folk of Northern Russia and the struggle for cultural survival / Veronica Davidov

Published North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 130 pages) : illustrations, map Series Teaching culture. Contents History and memory -- Vepsian cosmologies -- Spruce eyelashes and blue eyes of lakes -- The bad masters -- The long night of museums Summary This book takes readers to the village of Sheltozero in northern Russia. It highlights a tiny community of Indigenous people called Veps, known colloquially as ""the forest folk"" for their intense closeness and affiliation with the forests in their ancestral territories Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 14, 2017) Subject Veps -- Russia (Federation) -- Sheltozero -- History Veps -- Russia (Federation) -- Sheltozero -- Ethnic identity Veps -- Russia (Federation) -- Sheltozero -- Social life and customs Veps -- Russia (Federation) -- Sheltozero -- Religion Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Sheltozero SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Ethnology Veps SUBJECT Sheltozero (Russia) -- Religious life and customs Subject Russia (Federation) -- Sheltozero Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442636200 1442636203 9781442636217 1442636211

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