| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: on informal and spontaneous national identities; The loci of national identity; The informal faces of identity construction; Notes on the everyday; Structure of the book and main themes; National discourses and everyday life politics; Notes; References; Part I: Music and cultural events; Chapter 1: Formal and informal nationalism: jazz performances in Azerbaijan; Research starting point; 'Proletarian jazz': forerunners of Azerbaijani jazz |
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Jazz in Baku in the early 21st centuryJazz festivals: the nationalization of jazz; Jazz pop; The social status of jazz; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Can musicians build the nation? Popular music and identity in Estonia; Introduction; Music and national identity; Music and politics in Estonia; Folk songs, kannels and independence: Major features of Metsatöll's music; Estonianness in musical performance: the example of the 'Course Upon Iron' concert; Discourses and reception of Metsatöll; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Funding; Notes; References |
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Chapter 3: The Georgian National Museum and the Museum of Soviet Occupation as loci of informal nation buildingIntroduction; Nationalism in post-Soviet Georgia; New start for old museums; Being 'Museumeli': self-reflection and methodology; Museums in Georgia: a brief history; Re-presenting history: Museum of Soviet Occupation; Telling the 'real history': nationalism in action; Conclusion; References; Archival material; Web sources; Part II: Consumer practices; Chapter 4: Made in Ukraine: consumer citizenship during EuroMaidan transformations; Theoretical perspectives |
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EuroMaidan and the European dimension of Ukrainian identityThe state in the eyes of consumers; Politicized consumer practices: from street protest to economic actions; Case study: boycott as consumer activism; Case study: buycott and rediscovery of Ukraine; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 5: National food, belonging, and identity among Russian-speaking migrants in the UK; Introduction; Diasporic homes and foodways in immigration; Researching food in the Russian migrant context; The practices surrounding the bringing and consuming national food |
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Maintaining the exclusivity and authenticity of Russian foodRussian, Soviet, and post-Soviet diasporic foodways; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Consumer citizenship and reproduction of Estonianness; Introduction; From the worldwide to area literature; National identity at the dinner table; Acceptance; Denial; Competition; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part III: National discourses in everyday life; Chapter 7: How to pronounce 'Belarusian'? Negotiating identity through naming; Introduction; Research methodology; The history of searching for the name |
| Summary |
"This book explores the function of the "everyday" in the formation, consolidation and performance of national, sub-national and local identities in the former socialist region. Based on extensive original research including fieldwork, the book demonstrates how the study of everyday and mundane practices is a meaningful and useful way of understanding the socio-political processes of identity formation both at the top and bottom level of a state. The book covers a wide range of countries including the Baltic States, Ukraine, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and considers "everyday" banal practices, including those related to consumption, kinship, embodiment, mobility, music, and the use of objects and artifacts. Overall, the book draws on, and contributes to, theory; and shows how the process of nation-building is not just undertaken by formal actors, such as the state, its institutions and political elites."--Provided by publisher |
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Nationalism -- Former Soviet republics
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Group identity -- Former Soviet republics
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Nation-building -- Former Soviet republics
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Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics
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Group identity
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Nation-building
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Nationalism
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Post-communism
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morris, Jeremy
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Pawłusz, Emilia
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Seliverstova, Oleksandra
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| ISBN |
9781315185880 |
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1315185881 |
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