Tigers and the Internet : story, shamans, history / Kira Van Deusen.
| Author/creator | Van Deusen, Kira, 1946- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queeńs University Press, 2022. |
| Description | 1 volume : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Yevdokia Batovna Kyalundzyuga -- Valentina Tunsianovna Kyalundzyuga -- Nadezhda Efimovna Kimonko -- Lyubov Vladimirovna Passar -- Four Shamans -- Oksana Olegovna Zvidennaya -- Alexander Alexandrovich Kanchuga. |
| Abstract | "The Udege, a small Indigenous group in the Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai regions of Russia, have a rich oral storytelling tradition. They speak the Udege language, and their religious beliefs include animism and shamanism. Over two decades, Kira Van Deusen travelled across Russia interviewing Udege storytellers in order to record their folktales. Tigers and the Internet recounts individual storytellerś lives and the stories that they related to Van Deusen. Combining the translated stories with detailed commentary, background information on the storytellers, and historical context to the themes they explore, Van Deusen provides a rich and moving text that allows the reader to travel with her through time and space. She respectfully shares the stories with a wider audience and preserves them in English for future generations. Readers will learn about the folktales of the Udege, but also about their contemporary lives and connections with other Indigenous groups. The Udege are not widely known outside of Russia. Tigers and the Internet provides a valuable collection of first-hand stories that shows this fascinating culture to those interested in folklore, Indigenous histories, and cultural studies."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Van Deusen, Kira, 1946- Tigers and the Internet. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queeńs University Press, 2022 0228013534 9780228013532 |
| ISBN | 9780228011149 |
| ISBN | 0228011140 (cloth) |