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

Davidov, Veronica 1978- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1442636211
ISBN: 9781442636217
ISBN: 1442636203
ISBN: 9781442636200
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 130 pages) : illustrations, map
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Publisher: North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	History and memory -- Vepsian cosmologies -- Spruce eyelashes and blue eyes of lakes -- The bad masters -- The long night of museums.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 14, 2017).