| Titre | The case of the Caucasian Albanians : Ethnohistory and ethnic politics | |
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| Auteur | Nora Dudwick | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 31, no 2-3, avril-septembre 1990 Regards sur l'anthropologie soviétique | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | III |
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| Page | 377-383 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Nora Dudwick, The case of the Caucasian Albanians: ethnohistory and ethnic politics.
Ethnogenesis of the Soviet peoples is a topic which often carries a far from merely academic significance in the Soviet Union. Over the past two decades, Azerbaijani scholars have published a series of ethnohistorical studies of the currently-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabagh. These studies conclude that the Armenians of Karabagh are the Armenicized and Christianized descendants of the Caucasian Albanians, and therefore essentially the same people as the Azéris, who are claimed to be the Turkified and Islamicized descendants of the Caucasian Albanians. Armenian scholars have contested what they consider to be the appropriation of Armenian history and culture. Through these studies, the Armenian and Azerbaijani scholars are attempting to establish the legitimacy of their republics' claims to Karabagh. In my paper, I will examine the academic debate concerning the ethnohistorical relations of the Karabagh Armenians to the Caucasian Albanians as an example of the significant role which ethnography and history play in articulating and defending local concerns and aspirations within the Soviet Union. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1990_num_31_2_2237 |
