The Anthropology of East Europe Review: Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Eurasia VOLUME 178, Number, 2, Autumn, 2000 Editors Robert Rotenberg Nancy Ries Barbara West Eva Huseby-Darvas Matti Bunzl LaszlO Kurt; NINTH ANNUAL SOYUZ CONFERENCE: VIEWS FROM WITHIN: THE ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON POST­ COMMUNIST CULTURE AND SOCIETY Nelson Hancock, Guest Editor Nancy Ries, Issue Editor CONTENTS EDITORS NOTES: ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Robert Rotenberg DePaul University NINTH ANNUAL SOYUZ CONFERENCE:VIEWS FROM WITHIN: THE ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON POST-COMMUNIST CULTURE AND SOCIETY A NOTE FROM THE GUEST EDITOR: VIEWS FROM WITHIN: ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON POST­ COMMUNIST CULTURE AND SOCIETY .......................................................................................................................... 5 Nelson Hancock Columbia University SOVEREIGNTY, NATIONAL IDENTITY, AND THE BLACK MARKET CURRENCY EXCHANGE IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Brian A. Shott University ofVirginia GENDER AND NGOS IN POST-SOVIET ARMENIA ....................................................................................................... 17 Annine Ishkanian University of Cali fomi a, San Diego NGOS IN UKRAINE: THE MAKINGS OF A "WOMEN'S SPACE?" ............................................................................. 23 Sarah D. Phillips University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign VISION IMPAIRED: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN CROATIA ............................................. 31 Daphne Winland York University THE NATURAL HABITAT OF SCIENCE: SHIFTING LOCATIONS OF FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINT AMONG MIGRANT RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ................................................................................................................................... 37 Amy Ninetto University ofVirginia VILLAGE WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY RUSSIA: THREE GENERATIONS OF CHANGE .......................................... 43 David L. Ransel Indiana University THE STATE OF POST-SOVIET APHASIA: LACKING IN THE SYMBOLIC ............................................................... 53 Serguei Alex Oushakine Columbia University/Altai State Technical University Page: 2 NARRATIVES OF HISTORY, NAR~t\TIVES OF CHANGE: THE CONTINUING CREATION OF HERITAGE AT THE LEDNICE-VALTICE MONUMENT ZONE .......................................................................................................... ., ... 61 Veronica E. Aplenc University of Pennsylvania Tova Hojdestrand University of Stockholm Jennifer Patko New York University Rachael Stryker University of California, Berkeley Maya Nadkami Columbia University "I DRINK, BUT AT LEAST I AM CLEAN": NOTIONS OF BODY AND SOUL AMONG HOMELESS RUSSIANS ... 67 "NEW RUSSIAN" SIGHTINGS AND THE QUESTION OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCE IN ST. PETERSBURG ............... 73 ETIINOGRAPHIC SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF RUSSIAN ADOPTEES ....................................................... 79 THE "WHISKY ROBBER": CRIMINALITY AS A MORAL DISCOURSE IN POST-'89 HUNGARy ....................... ., .. 85 ARTICLES CONSTRUCTING THE "NON-ESTONIAN": THE POLICY AND POLITICS OF ETHNIC AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION IN ESTONIA............................................................................................................................................. 93 Gregory Feldman Syracuse University WHO IS THE 'I' IN "I LOVE YOU"?: THE NEGOTIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN IDENTITIES IN FORMER EAST BERLIN, GERMANY ................... ., ........................................................................................................................ 103 Heidi Minning Syracuse University PERSONHOOD ON A PLATE: GENDER AND FOOD IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPER HUNGARIAN Barbara A. West University of the Pacific CONSUMING MODERNITY, IMAGINING TRADITION: GLOBALIZATION, NATIONALISM AND WEDDING Cynthia Werner Texas A&M University LETTERS AND REVIEWS THE PERSISTENCE OF ALTERNATIVES AGAINST ALL ODDS: A RESPONSE TO ANDREI SIMIC, "CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND MILOSEVIC'S SERBIA: A REVIEW ESSAY" (AEER, VOL. 17, NO. I SPRING Mirjana Prosk-Dvomic Midland, MI Karl Kaser Karl-Franzens University of Grazl Austria Katherine R. Metzo Indiana University WOMEN ............................................................................................................................................................................. 117 FEASTS IN POST-COLONIAL KAZAKSTAN ............................................................................................................... 125 COMMENT ON ANDRE SIMIC REVIEW OF GORDY FROM ROBERT M. HAYDEN AND ERIC D. GORDy ...... 135 2000: 87-95) ............................................................................................................, ............................... ., .......................... 137 BOOK REVIEW; WOMEN WHO BECOME MEN: ALBANIAN SWORN VIRGINS ................................................... 145 POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF AID AND AND EXCHANGE: BOOK REVIEW ESSAy ............................................. 147 Vol. 18, No.2 Autumn 2000, Page: 2 ___-----.1 Page: 3 Please address all requests for membership in the East European Anthropology Group ($IS/yr. for full-time faculty and professionals, $1O/yr for students andpart-time faculty; European subscribers should write for special rates.), institutional subscriptions to the Review ($20), or additional copies ofthis special Issue ($20) to the managing editor: The Web Page for the Anthropology ofEast Europe ReviewlEast European Anthropology Group contains links to most ofthe previously published articles. 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