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Struggle over identity : the official and the alternative "Belarusianness"
- Title
- Struggle over identity : the official and the alternative "Belarusianness" / Nelly Bekus.
- Author
- Bekus, Nelly.
- Publication
- Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- 306 p. : ill.; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Nation in theory -- Nation-formation strategies in contemporary nation-studies -- State and nation -- Nationalism, capitalism, liberalism : the East European perspective -- Nationalism and socialism : the Soviet case 41 -- pt. 2. The rise and development of the Belarusian national idea -- The first Belarusian nationalist movement : between national and class interests -- Byelorussian Republic within the Soviet state -- Post-Soviet conditions for independence -- pt. 3. Belarusian post-communism -- The election of the first Belarusian president as a mirror of Belarusian preferences -- "Labels" of the Belarusian regime -- "Triple transformation" and Belarus -- Prerequisites of democratization and authoritarianism in Belarus -- pt. 4. Arguments and paradoxes of weak Belarusian identity -- Belarus as an example of national and democratic failure -- The Russian factor in Belarusian self-perception -- The paradox of "national pride" -- Paradoxes of political and linguistic Russification -- Lack of religious basis for national unity -- pt. 5. The struggle over identity -- Two ideas of "Belarusianness" -- Belarusian-specific nature of the public sphere : "invisible wall" -- Belarusian history : the alternative and official historical narrations -- Political discourses of the alternative Belarusianness -- National ideology of the Belarusian state as a political articulation of official Belarusianness -- pt. 6. Cultural manifestation versus social reification -- Two approaches to the politics of identity -- Belaruski globus : an encyclopedia of what existed before communism -- The Belarusian National Film Misterium occupation : distancing themselves from Soviets and Russians -- The "Free theater" or the alternative Belarusianness on stage -- Independent rock music : critical reflection and protest -- Medieval reenactors : a manifestation of Belarus's European history -- The official politics of identity : social reification strategy.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-9186
- ISBN
- 9789639776685 (hardbound)
- 9639776688 (hardbound)
- LCCN
- 2010008736
- OCLC
- 471787598
- Author
- Bekus, Nelly.
- Title
- Struggle over identity : the official and the alternative "Belarusianness" / Nelly Bekus.
- Imprint
- Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-9186