Introduction -- Companionship and pokazukha: flexible and stable elements of Evenki culture -- Pokazukha in public life: the Bugarikta House of Culture -- Manakan and Andaki: gender distinctions and personal autonomy among Evenki -- Evenki people and their dogs: communicating by sharing contexts -- Hunting: ethos and adaptation among Evenki and Buryats -- Perpetual outsiders: local Chinese ethos in Baikal Region -- Evenki land and walking mind -- Conclusion
Summary
This anthropological monograph contains the results of recent fieldwork conducted among the Evenki people in East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is an ethnography of a Siberian people that will be welcomed by professional social anthropologists as well as by specialists in Russian and Siberian Studies
