A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE

Abstract: Categorical oppositions such as Tradition and Modernity are often employed to explain conventional behavior, because there is a presumed conso-nance between the goals of the agent and the values of the context in which the agent acts, but such categorical oppositions do not seem to effecti...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yugan Khanty, Andrew Wiget, Olga Balalaeva
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.298
http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf
id ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.577.298
record_format openpolar
spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.577.298 2023-05-15T17:02:40+02:00 A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE Yugan Khanty Andrew Wiget Olga Balalaeva The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.298 http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.298 http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:48:42Z Abstract: Categorical oppositions such as Tradition and Modernity are often employed to explain conventional behavior, because there is a presumed conso-nance between the goals of the agent and the values of the context in which the agent acts, but such categorical oppositions do not seem to effectively model acts of choosing. An individual Khant experiences a sense of participating in several social identities, each providing a context for forming intentions to act, mobilizing resources, seeking legitimation, and following through on commit-ments to act. Among the Khanty the sense of belonging to an age cohort differs from other biologically-marked categories such as clan, patriliny, even gender, by having no particular prescriptions associated with it. It is a ‘modern ’ phe-nomenon in two senses of the word: first, historically, it seems to have been brought into being through a modern institution, the boarding school; second, it is ‘modern ’ in the sense that it is perceived as an empowering category, liberat-ing one from the constraints of tradition. This paper, based on the authors’ fifteen-year-long association with two Khanty sisters, raised in a taiga settle- Text khanty taiga Unknown
institution Open Polar
collection Unknown
op_collection_id ftciteseerx
language English
description Abstract: Categorical oppositions such as Tradition and Modernity are often employed to explain conventional behavior, because there is a presumed conso-nance between the goals of the agent and the values of the context in which the agent acts, but such categorical oppositions do not seem to effectively model acts of choosing. An individual Khant experiences a sense of participating in several social identities, each providing a context for forming intentions to act, mobilizing resources, seeking legitimation, and following through on commit-ments to act. Among the Khanty the sense of belonging to an age cohort differs from other biologically-marked categories such as clan, patriliny, even gender, by having no particular prescriptions associated with it. It is a ‘modern ’ phe-nomenon in two senses of the word: first, historically, it seems to have been brought into being through a modern institution, the boarding school; second, it is ‘modern ’ in the sense that it is perceived as an empowering category, liberat-ing one from the constraints of tradition. This paper, based on the authors’ fifteen-year-long association with two Khanty sisters, raised in a taiga settle-
author2 The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
format Text
author Yugan Khanty
Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
spellingShingle Yugan Khanty
Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE
author_facet Yugan Khanty
Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
author_sort Yugan Khanty
title A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE
title_short A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE
title_full A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE
title_fullStr A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE
title_full_unstemmed A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AGE, AGENCY AND TRADITION AMONG THE
title_sort tale of two sisters: age, agency and tradition among the
url http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.298
http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf
genre khanty
taiga
genre_facet khanty
taiga
op_source http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf
op_relation http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.298
http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol41/khanty.pdf
op_rights Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it.
_version_ 1766056317159473152