Russian speakers in post-Soviet Latvia : discursive identity strategies

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Label

Russian speakers in post-Soviet Latvia : discursive identity strategies

Title remainder

discursive identity strategies

Statement of responsibility

Ammon Cheskin

Creator

• Cheskin, Ammon

Author

• Cheskin, Ammon

Subject

• Ethnic relations
• Identitätsentwicklung
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Reference
• Latvia
• Latvia -- Ethnic relations
• Latvija
• Russen
• Russian language -- Social aspects
• Russian language -- Social aspects -- Latvia
• Russisch
• Anthropological linguistics
• Anthropological linguistics

Language

eng

Summary

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 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. In a time when many will question the loyalty of Russian speakers to their various 'host states' this book provides a timely, scholarly account of ethnic politics in Latvia. It also offers a methodological framework that allows for the mapping of trends in discursive strategies, exploring how they evolve through time. Key Features Uses focus-group interviews, elite interviews, survey data and critical discourse analysis to focus study discourses Features a case study of Russian speakers in Latvia to add to the debate surrounding the status of Russian speakers outside Russia Focuses on the temporally contingent nature of discourse - discussing discursive change and the possibility that a discourse can exist

Member of

• Russian language and society

Cataloging source

JSTOR

Dewey number

306.442917104796

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PG2074.75

LC item number

.C54 2016eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Russian language and society