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Author Cheskin, Ammon, author.

Title Russian speakers in post-Soviet Latvia : discursive identity strategies / Ammon Cheskin.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Russian language and society
Russian language and society.
Summary "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, Russian speakers, and how these positions have evolved in Latvia since the late Soviet period"--Back cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-223) and index.
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?
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Subject Russian language -- Social aspects -- Latvia.
Russian language -- Social aspects.
Latvia.
Anthropological linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Latvia -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cheskin, Ammon. Russian speakers in post-Soviet Latvia. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016] 9780748697434 (OCoLC)914222170
ISBN 0748697446 electronic book
9780748697441 (electronic book)
9780748697434
0748697438
9781474418539
1474418538