Anthropology of Europe. A Taste for Oppression : : A Political Ethnography of Everyday Life in Belarus / / Ronan Hervouet.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Hervouet, Ronan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Anthropology of Europe ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on Text --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Government of Rural Areas --; Chapter 2. A Discrete Ethnography --; Chapter 3. Authorized Resources --; Chapter 4. Illegalisms --; Chapter 5. Interdependencies --; Chapter 6. Life Horizons --; Chapter 7. Solidarity --; Chapter 8. Dignity --; Chapter 9. Th e Fragility of the World --; Chapter 10. Levels of Social Order --; Conclusion --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800730267; 9783110997675
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800730267?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ronan Hervouet.

Belarus has emerged from communism in a unique manner as an authoritarian regime. The author, who has lived in Belarus for several years, highlights several mechanisms of tyranny, beyond the regime’s ability to control and repress, which should not be underestimated. The book immerses the reader in the depths of the Belarusian countryside, among the kolkhozes and rural communities at the heart of this authoritarian regime under Alexander Lukashenko, and offers vivid descriptions of the everyday life of Belarusians. It sheds light on the reasons why part of the population supports Lukashenko and takes a fresh look at the functioning of what has been called 'the last dictatorship in Europe'.