Forest Nenets Folklore and Identity
International audience The Forest Nenets can be considered an ethnic group whose identity is still very much in the shaping and characterized by some instability. As a distinct group, they have long remained hidden from the scientific community and have never been politically recognized as such. Fro...
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01276174 https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01276174/document https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01276174/file/Studia%20Fenno-Ugrica%20Groningana%207_toulouze.pdf |
| Summary: | International audience The Forest Nenets can be considered an ethnic group whose identity is still very much in the shaping and characterized by some instability. As a distinct group, they have long remained hidden from the scientific community and have never been politically recognized as such. From an emic point of view, they have no doubt of their own existence, but present circumstances pose a powerful threat to their physical existence. Consequently, they are attempting to find instruments to protect their identity and overcome current challenges with as few scars as possible. Is their oral tradition helping them to achieve this goal? The aim of this article is to unravel this complex question, mainly from an emic point of view. Les Nénetses des forêts sont un groupe ethnique dont l'identité est encore en formation; elle est caractérisée par une certaine instabilité. En tant que groupe à part, ils sont restés longtemps dissimulés aux yeux de la communauté scientifique et n'ont jamais été reconnus politiquement en tant que tels. D'un point de vue émique, ils n'ont aucun doute sur leur existence, qui est, dans les circonstances actuelles, très fortement menacée. Ils essayent donc de trouver des instruments pour la protéger et pour franchir les obstacles qui se présentent à eux avec un minimum de blessures. Est-ce que leur tradition orale les aide à atteindre cet objectif? Le but cet article est de démêler cette question complexe, en mettant l'accent sur le un point de vue émique. |
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