{"product_id":"9781666922738","title":"Sakha Sacred Knowledge and the Scars of Modernity Surviving the Invisibility Monster","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSakha Sacred Knowledge and the Scars of Modernity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSurviving the Invisibility Monster\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNatalya Khokholova\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Russia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book investigates the survival strategies of Sakha girls and women in the face of postcolonial neglect, historical invisibility, and embodied trauma in the Russian North. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on oral epic traditions such as Olonkho, personal and ethnographic testimonies, and analysis of Russian literature, Natalya Khokholova uncovers how Indigenous knowledge systems preserve life amid violence, abandonment, and medical erasure. Centering figures such as feral children, spectral girls, and forgotten mothers, the book explores the philosophical and cosmological concept of\u003ci\u003e turuk\u003c\/i\u003e-a Sakha sense of bodily intuition and ancestral guidance-as a method of both survival and resistance. Khokholova brings together literary analysis, autoethnography, and decolonial feminist theory to illuminate how “the invisibility monster” of modernity continues to threaten Indigenous life. By blending storytelling, theory, and critique, S\u003ci\u003eakha Sacred Knowledge and the Scars of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e offers an urgent intervention into global conversations about trauma, resilience, and the politics of recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNatalya Khokholova\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at American University in Central Asia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666922738\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331913449612,"sku":"9781666922738","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666922738","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}