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*** I tried to contact her -- but she is on leave from Princeton this
year. She does thank Peter Nabokov in her article -- so Don is probably
right. GD**
From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>
> I don't know for sure but I suspect Isabelle Nabokov may be the daughter
> of Peter Nabokov who is a well-known specialist on Amerindian cultures. I
> vaguely recall reading an interview in which he mentioed (in response to a
> question) that there is some remote family connection with VN.
>
> D. Barton Johnson Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
> Phelps Hall University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
> 93106 Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825 Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
> -----------------------------
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Galya Diment wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if Isabelle Nabokov, an anthropologist from Princeton,
> > has a family connection to VN? Given her interest in the dynamics
> > and rituals of marital relationships in different cultures (she recently
> > published an article "Expel the Lover, Recover the Wife: Symbolic Analysis
> > of a South Indian Exorcism," about the practice of making young Tamil
> > wives go through trance-inducing rites forcing them to confess to illicit
> > romantic fantasies in order to become "good wives"), I wonder what her
> > take on the VN and VeN marital relationship may be after she reads Stacy
> > Schiff's biography of seemingly the best wife there ever was. Especially
> > if she is related to them.
> >
> > Galya Diment
> >
Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
> Dear CB,
> I hope you are well settled now in Seattle. As I typed the
> under-informed note below, it occurred to me that you might actually know
> who Isabelle is. In any case, welcome to the West Coast.
> Best, Don
> -------------------------
>
> I don't know for sure but I suspect Isabelle Nabokov may be the daughter
> of Peter Nabokov who is a well-known specialist on Amerindian cultures. I
> vaguely recall reading an interview in which he mentioed (in response to a
> question) that there is some remote family connection with VN.
>
> D. Barton Johnson Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
> Phelps Hall University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
> 93106 Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825 Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
> -----------------------------
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Galya Diment wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if Isabelle Nabokov, an anthropologist from Princeton,
> > has a family connection to VN? Given her interest in the dynamics
> > and rituals of marital relationships in different cultures (she recently
> > published an article "Expel the Lover, Recover the Wife: Symbolic Analysis
> > of a South Indian Exorcism," about the practice of making young Tamil
> > wives go through trance-inducing rites forcing them to confess to illicit
> > romantic fantasies in order to become "good wives"), I wonder what her
> > take on the VN and VeN marital relationship may be after she reads Stacy
> > Schiff's biography of seemingly the best wife there ever was. Especially
> > if she is related to them.
> >
> > Galya Diment
> >
year. She does thank Peter Nabokov in her article -- so Don is probably
right. GD**
From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>
> I don't know for sure but I suspect Isabelle Nabokov may be the daughter
> of Peter Nabokov who is a well-known specialist on Amerindian cultures. I
> vaguely recall reading an interview in which he mentioed (in response to a
> question) that there is some remote family connection with VN.
>
> D. Barton Johnson Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
> Phelps Hall University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
> 93106 Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825 Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
> -----------------------------
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Galya Diment wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if Isabelle Nabokov, an anthropologist from Princeton,
> > has a family connection to VN? Given her interest in the dynamics
> > and rituals of marital relationships in different cultures (she recently
> > published an article "Expel the Lover, Recover the Wife: Symbolic Analysis
> > of a South Indian Exorcism," about the practice of making young Tamil
> > wives go through trance-inducing rites forcing them to confess to illicit
> > romantic fantasies in order to become "good wives"), I wonder what her
> > take on the VN and VeN marital relationship may be after she reads Stacy
> > Schiff's biography of seemingly the best wife there ever was. Especially
> > if she is related to them.
> >
> > Galya Diment
> >
Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
> Dear CB,
> I hope you are well settled now in Seattle. As I typed the
> under-informed note below, it occurred to me that you might actually know
> who Isabelle is. In any case, welcome to the West Coast.
> Best, Don
> -------------------------
>
> I don't know for sure but I suspect Isabelle Nabokov may be the daughter
> of Peter Nabokov who is a well-known specialist on Amerindian cultures. I
> vaguely recall reading an interview in which he mentioed (in response to a
> question) that there is some remote family connection with VN.
>
> D. Barton Johnson Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
> Phelps Hall University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
> 93106 Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825 Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
> -----------------------------
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Galya Diment wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if Isabelle Nabokov, an anthropologist from Princeton,
> > has a family connection to VN? Given her interest in the dynamics
> > and rituals of marital relationships in different cultures (she recently
> > published an article "Expel the Lover, Recover the Wife: Symbolic Analysis
> > of a South Indian Exorcism," about the practice of making young Tamil
> > wives go through trance-inducing rites forcing them to confess to illicit
> > romantic fantasies in order to become "good wives"), I wonder what her
> > take on the VN and VeN marital relationship may be after she reads Stacy
> > Schiff's biography of seemingly the best wife there ever was. Especially
> > if she is related to them.
> >
> > Galya Diment
> >