28.1021, Books: Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia: Cheskin

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:43:59
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia: Cheskin

 


Title: Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia 
Subtitle: Discursive Identity Strategies 
Series Title: Russian Language and Society  

Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   http://www.euppublishing.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-russian-speakers-in-post-soviet-latvia-13779.html 


Author: Ammon Cheskin

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474409995 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 75
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474497441 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 75
Hardback: ISBN:  9780748697434 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 75


Abstract:

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
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Russian (rus)


Written In: English  (eng)

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