Russian speakers in post-Soviet Latvia : discursive identity strategies /
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...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2016]
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| Series: | Russian language and society.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1bgzdcw |
Table of 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?