| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
California series in public anthropology ; 6
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California series in public anthropology ; 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index. |
| Summary |
This is an illumination of one of the world's most troubled regions from a unique perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths and the long-held resentments that have fueled the crisis. |
| Contents |
FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 Ethnography and Theory; 2 Indigenization, Deportation, and Return; 3 Contradictory Modernization; 4 Chechen Images; 5 The Road to War; 6 Dzhokhar: Hero and Devil; 7 The Sons of War; 8 The Culture of Hostage-Taking; 9 Violence in Secessionist Warfare; 10 The Impact on Family Life; 11 Religion and the Chechen Conflict; 12 The Myth and Reality of the "Great Victory"; 13 An Ideology of Extremes; 14 Chechnya as a Stage and a Role; NOTES; MAIN CHARACTERS; INFORMANTS AND INTERVIEWERS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chechen Civil War (Chechni͡a, Russia : 1994-) |
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Chechni͡a (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Social aspects.
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Chechni͡a (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Personal narratives, Chechen.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Personal narratives -- Chechen.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tishkov, Valeriĭ Aleksandrovich. Chechnya. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 0520238877 0520238885 (DLC) 2003017330 (OCoLC)52773543 |
| ISBN |
9780520930209 (electronic book) |
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0520930207 (electronic book) |
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1417525746 (electronic book) |
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9781417525744 (electronic book) |
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9780520238879 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520238877 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520238886 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520238885 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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