Television and problems of interpretation of cultural phenomena among eastern Khanty

PII
S0869-54150000402-5-
DOI
10.31857/S50000402-5-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 2
Pages
24-36
Abstract
The paper investigates how television and the watching of TV become one of the forums where the Khanty fight their symbolic struggle against a colonising culture, which stands at a higher technological level. The scope of this cultural struggle reaches beyond the practice of watching television and results in more serious changes in the Khanty worldview. Author observes and analyses how watching TV verifi es, modifies and develops beliefs; how elements of the Khanty identity are summoned while watching TV; and how television programs are related to the people’s time management.
Keywords
Siberia, Vasiugan, Khanty, cultural changes, adaptation, television
Date of publication
01.03.2013
Number of purchasers
1
Views
614

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