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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Tác giả chính: Cheskin, Ammon (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2016]
Loạt:Russian language and society.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1bgzdcw
Mục lục:
  • 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?