Black Food: Diet, Subsistence and Exchange

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Abstract

This article investigates the concept of black food among the Lake Yessei Yakut in Siberia. With reference to two sources, archival records from the Russian Polar North Census of 1926-27 and contemporary fieldwork material, I investigate the local diet based on subsistence fishing and hunting and the food exchanges it entails. The article looks into changes that affected the food habits and concludes with an analysis of the social meaning of the concept of black food.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)478-507
Number of pages30
JournalEthnohistory
Volume53
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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