TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cheskin,Ammon
TI  - Russian speakers in post-Soviet Latvia: discursive identity strategies 
T2  - Russian language and society
SN  - 0748697446
AV  - PG2074.75 .C54 2016eb
U1  - 306.442917104796 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Die Stadt ohne Juden
KW  - gnd
KW  - Russian language
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Latvia
KW  - Anthropological linguistics
KW  - Russe (Langue)
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Lettonie
KW  - Ethnolinguistique
KW  - anthropological linguistics
KW  - aat
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Reference
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Russen
KW  - Identitätsentwicklung
KW  - Latvija
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-223) and index; 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?
N2  - 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
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