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AMMON CHESKIN - Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia

Title: Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia
Description: Edinburgh University Press, 2017. Paperback. Pp: 248. "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"-Back cover. ISBN: 9781474428507. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9781474428507

Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2418881

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