| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) : illustrations |
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Russian language and society |
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Russian language and society.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Discourse, memory, and identity -- Latvian state and nation-building -- Russian-language media and identity formation -- Examining Russian-speaking identity from below -- The "democratisation of history" and generational change -- The primacy of politics? Political discourse and identity formation -- The Russian Federation and Russian-speaking identity in Latvia -- A bright future? |
| Summary |
A theoretical and empirical study of discourse among Russian-speakers in Latvia. The political shocks of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis have been felt in many former Soviet countries, not least Latvia, where over 35% of the population are native Russian speakers. At a time when analysts and commentators are unsure about Russia's future plans to intervene on behalf of their 'compatriots', this study provides a detailed political and cultural analysis of Russian-speaking identity in Latvia. By using Russian-speakers in Latvia as a specific case study, this volume also offers a fresh methodological approach to the study of discourses and discursive strategies. It outlines a coherent methodology to study the evolution of discourses over time, rather than a single de-contextualized and static time period. Drawing on media analysis, elite interviews, focus groups and survey data, Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia situates the identity strategies of Russian speakers within the political, cultural, and economic transformations of the post-Soviet era. By assessing political, cultural, and economic links with their home state (Latvia) and their potential kin-state (Russia), it offers important insights into the complex identity positions of Latvia's Russian speakers, and how these positions have evolved in Latvia since the late Soviet period. In a time when many will question the loyalty of Russian speakers to their various 'host states' this book provides a timely, scholarly account of ethnic politics in Latvia. It also offers a methodological framework that allows for the mapping of trends in discursive strategies, exploring how they evolve through time. Key Features Uses focus-group interviews, elite interviews, survey data and critical discourse analysis to focus study discourses Features a case study of Russian speakers in Latvia to add to the debate surrounding the status of Russian speakers outside Russia Focuses on the temporally contingent nature of discourse - discussing discursive change and the possibility that a discourse can exist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-223) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Die Stadt ohne Juden gnd |
| Subject |
Russian language -- Social aspects -- Latvia
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Anthropological linguistics.
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anthropological linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Reference.
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Anthropological linguistics
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Ethnic relations
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Russian language -- Social aspects
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Russen
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Identitätsentwicklung
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| SUBJECT |
Latvia -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Latvia
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Latvija
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0748697446 |
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9780748697441 |
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9781474418539 |
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1474418538 |
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9781474409995 |
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1474409997 |
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