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Supplementary literature The Supplementary literature list (including the separate Monograph list) may be used to revise or add to the Supplementary themes that each student group will study and present separately. The Supplementary literature list is not yet complete! |
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26 | Ashwin, Sarah. 2000. Introduction: Gender, state and society in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. In: S. Ashwin (ed.): Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. London: Routledge. p.1-26. | Russia | 2000 | Gender | ||||
20 | Berdahl, Daphne (1999): "'(N)Ostalgie' for the Present: Memory, Longing, and East German Things, Ethnos, Vol. 64, p.192-211. | East Germany | 1999 | Collective memory | ||||
28 | Boym, Svetlana (1994): "Private life and Russian soul", "Truth, sincerity, affectation", and "Kul'turnost': The totalitarian laquer box", in: Common Places. Mythologies and Everyday Life in Russia, p.73-110, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. | Russia | 1994 | Public-Private | ||||
18 | Brown, K. S. (2000): "In the Realm of the Double-Headed Eagle: Parapolitics in Macedonia, 1994-9". In: J. Cowan (ed.), Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference, pp. 122-139. London: Pluto press. | Balkans: Macedonia | 2000 | Nationalism | ||||
21 | Clark, Katerina (1995): "Aural Hieroglyphics? Some Reflections on the Role of Sound in Recent Russian Films and Its Historical Context", in Nancy Condee (ed.): Soviet Hieroglyphics. Visual Culture in Late Twentieth-Century Russia, p.1-21, Bloomington: Indiana University Press. | Russia | 1995 | Collective memory | ||||
11 | Creed, Gerald W. and Janine R. Wedel (1997): "Second Thoughts from the Second World. Interpreting Aid in Post-Communist Eastern Europe", Human Organization, Vol. 56, No. 3, p.253-263. | Russia, Bulgaria | 1997 | Aid, Corruption | ||||
10 | Feschbach, Murray (1982): "Between the Lines of the 1979 Soviet Census"; Problems of Communism, 31, Jan.-Feb. 1982 - pp.27-37 (10 p.) | Russia | 1982 | Demography | ||||
34 | Haney, Lynne (1999): "'But We Are Still Mothers': Gender, the State, and the Construction of Need in Postsocialist Hungary", in Michael Burawoy & Katherine Verdery (ed.): Uncertain Transition. Ethnographies of Change in the Postsocialist World, p.151-184, New York: Rowman & Littlefield. | Hungary | 1999 | Gender | ||||
19 | Hann, Chris M. (1994): "After Communism. Reflections on East European Anthropology and the 'Transition'", Social Anthropology, Vol. 2, Part 3, October, p.229-247. | (Region) | 1994 | Theory | ||||
5 | Haukanes, Haldis (1997): "Postkommunismens antropologi. Finst den?", Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift, Nr. 3/4, p.267-271. | (Region) | 1997 | Anthro Hist | ||||
18 | Hivon, Myriam (1994): "Vodka: The 'Spirit' of Exchange", Cambridge Anthropology, Vol. 17, No. 3, p.1-18. | Russia | 1994 | Exchange | ||||
23 | Humphrey, Caroline (1996-97): "Myth-Making, Narratives, and the Dispossessed in Russia", Cambridge Anthropology, Vol. 19, No. 2, p.70-92. | Russia | 1996 | Class | ||||
28 | Humphrey, C. (2002): "Russian protection rackets and the appropriation of law and order". I: The Unmaking of Soviet Life. Everyday Economies After Socialism, pp. 99-126. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. | Russia | 2002 | Crime, Corruption | ||||
20 | Höjdestrand, Tova (2003): "Hunters and gatherers in the urban jungle: Ways of coping among homeless Russians", in: Arnstberg & Borén (eds.): The Everyday Economy of Russia, Poland and the Baltic States, p.171-192, Huddinge: Södertörns högskola (Södertörn academic studies, no.16). | Russia | 2003 | Class, Gender | ||||
17 | Kaneff, Deema (2002): "Why People don't Die 'Naturally' any more: Changing Relations between 'the Individual' and 'the State' in Post-Socialist Bulgaria", The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 8, No. 1, p.89-105. | Bulgaria | 2002 | Public-Private | ||||
12 | Kaser, Karl & Joel M. Halpern (1998): "Historical Myth and the Invention of Political Folklore in Contemporary Serbia, Anthropology of East Europe Review, Vol. 16, No. 1. Downloaded from: http://www.depaul.edu/~rrotenbe/aeer16_1.html | Balkans: Serbia | 1998 | Collective memory | ||||
13 | Kideckel, David A. (1993): "Once Again, the Land. Decollectivization and Social Conflict in Rural Romania", in Hermine G. De Soto & David G. Anderson (ed.): The Curtain Rises. Rethinking Culture, Ideology and the State in Eastern Europe, p.62-74, Atlantic Highlands N.J.: Humanities Press. | Romania | 1993 | Property | ||||
13 | Koehler, Jan (1999): "The School of the Street: Organizing Diversity and Training Polytaxis in a (Post-) Soviet Periphery", Anthropology of East Europe Review, Vol. 17, No.2, pp. 39-51. | Caucasus: Georgia | 1999 | Politics, Corruption | ||||
28 | Lass, Andrew (1999): "Portable Worlds. On the Limits of Replication in the Czech and Slovak Republics", in Michael Burawoy & Katherine Verdery (ed.): Uncertain Transition. Ethnographies of Change in the Postsocialist World, p.273-300, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. | Czechia, Slovakia | 1999 | Aid, Collective memory | ||||
24 | Ledeneva, Alena V. 1996-97. "Between Gift and Commodity. The Phenomenon of Blat", Cambridge Anthropology, Vol. 19, No. 3, p.43-66. | Russia | 1997 | Exchange | ||||
31 | Lemon, Alaina (1998): "'Your Eyes are Green like Dollars': Counterfeit Cash, National Substance, and Currency Apartheid in 1990s Russia", Cultural Anthropology, Vol. 13, No. 1, p.22-52. | Russia | 1998 | Exchange | ||||
16 | Lindquist, Galina. 2003. Selling and buying power: the economy of a magic center in Moscow. In K.-O. Arnstberg & T. Borén, eds. Everyday economy in Russia, Poland and Latvia. Huddinge: Södertörns högskola (Södertörn academic studies, no.16). p.53-70. | Russia | 2003 | Gender, Exchange | ||||
18 | Linnet, Jeppe T. (2002): "An Everyday Moral Economy: NGO Activism among Young Latvians", in: Arnstberg & Borén (eds.): The Everyday Economy of Russia, Poland and the Baltic States, p.1-18. | Baltic: Latvia | 2002 | Public-Private | ||||
15 | Mars, Gerald and Yochanan Altman (1983): "The Cultural Bases of Soviet Georgia's Second Economy", Soviet Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, p.546-560. | Caucasus: Georgia | 1983 | Exchange, Soviet | ||||
30 | Nazpary, J. (2002): "Bardak: Elements of chaos". In: Post-Soviet Chaos. Violence and Dispossession in Kazakhstan, pp. 33-62. London: Pluto Press. | Kazakhstan | 2002 | Class, Crime | ||||
25 | Nielsen, Finn Sivert (1987): Life on the Islands. Values, Economy and State Power in the Soviet Union, Oslo: Semesteremne i řststatsstudier, University of Oslo. | Russia | 1987 | Economy, Politics, Soviet | ||||
7 | Nielsen, Finn Sivert. 1994. "Soviet Culture, Russian Kul'tura", in: Paper Presented at the Research Seminar: Continuity and Change in Post-Soviet Societies, October 1994. http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/N/Nielsen_F_S_02.htm | Russia | 1994 | Public-Private | ||||
29 | Pahl, Ray & Paul Thompson (eds.) (1994): "Meanings, Myths and Mystifications. The Social Construction of Life Stories in Russia", in Chris M. Hann (ed.): When History Accelerates. Essays on Rapid Social Change, Complexity and Creativity, p.130-158, London: Athlone. | Russia | 1994 | Narrative | ||||
56 | Plotkin, Vladimir (1985) and Jovan E. Howe: "The Unknown Tradition: Continuity and Innovation in Soviet Ethnography", Dialectical Anthropology, Vol. 9, No. 1-4, Part I, p. 257-312. | Soviet Union | 1985 | Anthro Hist | ||||
23 | Rausing, Sigrid (1996): "Reforming Habitus: The Appropriation of Westernness on a Former Collective Farm in N W Estonia," Anthropological Journal on European Cultures, Vol. 5, No. 2, s.135-157. | Baltic: Estonia | 1996 | Nationalism | ||||
10 | Rivkin-Fish, Michele. 2001. Personal transitions and moral change after socialism: The politics of remedies in Russian public health. Anthropology of East Europe Review, 19 (1). p.29-38. | Russia | 2001 | Public-Private, Gender | ||||
23 | Sampson, Steven L. (1994): "Money Without Culture, Culture Without Money. Eastern Europe's Nouveaux Riches", Anthropological Journal on European Cultures, Vol. 3, No. 1, p.7-29. | (Region) | 1994 | Class | ||||
16 | Schwartz, Jonathan (1997): "Listening for Macedonian Identity. Reflections from Sveti Naum", in: László Kürti & Juliet Langman: Beyond Borders. Remaking Cultural Identities in the New East and Central Europe , Boulder Col.: Westview Press, p.95-110. | Balkans: Macedonia | 1997 | Nationalism | ||||
8 | Sedlenieks, Klavs (2002): "Latvian-Azande parallel: Corruption as witchcraft as witchcraft for Latvia during the transition", paper presented at the 4th Nordic conference on the anthropology of post-socialism, Copenhagen: NECEN. | Baltic: Latvia | 2002 | Corruption | ||||
11 | Shelley, Louise (1980): "The Geography of Soviet Criminality"; American Sociological Review, vol.45, february, 1980 - pp.111-122 (11 p.) | Russia | 1980 | Crime, Soviet | ||||
37 | Slezkine, Yuri (1996): "N. Ia. Marr and the National Origins of Soviet Ethnogenetics", Slavic Review, No. 4, p.826-862. | Soviet Union | 1996 | Anthro Hist | ||||
37 | Snesarev, G. P. (1969): "Remnants of Pre-Islamic Beliefs and Rituals among the Khorezm Uzbeks (Part 1 & 2)", Soviet Anthropology and Archaeology, Winter 1970-71, Vol. IX, No. 3 & Spring 1971, Vol. IX, No. 4, p.204-219; 329-349. | Uzbekistan | 1969 | Anthro Hist | ||||
24 | Tereskinas, Arturas (1999): "Between Soup and Soap: Iconic Nationality, Mass Media and Pop Culture in Contemporary Lithuania," Sociologu and humanitaru Zurnalas, Vilnius, 24 p. | Baltic: Lithuania | 1999 | Nationalism | ||||
45 | Verdery, Katherine (1995): "Faith, Hope, and Caritas in the Land of the Pyramids: Romania, 1990 to 1994", Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 37, No. 4, p.625-669. | Romania | 1995 | Exchange, Property | ||||
25 | Verdery, Katherine (1996): "A Transition from Socialism to Feudalism? Thoughts on the Postsocialist State", i: What was Socialism, and What comes Next?, p.204-228, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. | (Region) | 1996 | Economy, Politics | ||||
14 | Vitebsky, Piers (2002): "Withdrawing from the land: Social and spiritual crisis in the indigenous Russian Arctic," in C. M. Hann (ed.): Postsocialism: Ideals, ideologies and practices in Eurasia, p.180-195, London: Routledge. | Siberia | 2002 | Property, Religion | ||||
10 | Wedel, Janine R. (2002): Blurring the Boundaries of the State-Private Divide: Implications for Corruption. Paper presented at the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Conference in Copenhagen, 14-17 August 2002. http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/W/Wedel_J_01.htm (10 p.) | Russia, Poland | 2002 | Corruption, Public-Private | ||||
22 | Wolfe, Thomas C. (2000): "Cultures and Communities in the Anthropology of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union", Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 29, pp.195-216. | (Region) | 2000 | Anthro Hist | ||||