What does it mean “to lie” in an “honest village”?

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Tutorskiy, Andrey V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centre d'Etudes Mongoles & Sibériennes / École Pratique des Hautes Études 2017
• Subjects: Russie; mentir; identité culturelle; post-socialisme; pêche; Russia; lying; cultural identity; post-socialism; fishing; anthro-se; hisphilso; Rupert; Venus; Russian North
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.2937; http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/2937

This study is an exploration of the role that lying plays in the everyday life and identity construction of the dwellers of the Russian North. I conducted fieldwork in the village of Prokopievo, Ustiany district in Arhangel’skaia Oblast’ in summer 2014. Intimacy constitutes the crucial concept aroun...