Storytelling in Siberia : the Olonkho epic in a changing world /

Storytelling in Siberia : the Olonkho epic in a changing world /

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Author / Creator:	Harris, Robin P., author.
Imprint:	Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	xv, 234 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Folklore studies in a multicultural world. Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
Subject:	Epic poetry, Yakut -- History and criticism. Yakut (Turkic people) -- Folklore. Civilization. Epic poetry, Yakut. Yakut (Turkic people) Siberia (Russia) -- Civilization. Sakha (Russia) -- Civilization. Russia (Federation) -- Sakha. Russia (Federation) -- Siberia. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Folklore.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11559712

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ISBN:	9780252041280 0252041283
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (203-223) and index.
Summary:	Olonkho, the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia's Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005 UNESCO's Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity's oral and intangible heritage. Drawing on her ten years of living inthe Russian North, Robin P. Harris documents how the Sakha have used the Masterpiece program to revive olonkho and strengthen their cultural identity. Harris's personal relationships with and primary research among Sakha people provide vivid insights into understanding olonkho and the attenuation, revitalization, transformation, and sustainabilty of the Salkha's cultural reemergence. Interdisciplinary in scope, Storytelling in Siberia considers the nature of folklore alongside ethnomusicology, anthropology, comparative literature, and cultural studies to shed light on how marginalized peoples are revitalizing their own intangible cultural heritage. -- Provided by publisher.

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