Identity

[Elena Gapova]

In gender studies (and some other Western-born disciplines) "identichnost'
is widely used (e.g. Elena Mshcherkina. Bytie muzhskogo soznaniya: opyt
rekonstruktcii maskulinnoi identichnosti srednego i rabochego klassa):
kollektivnaya identichnost', natsional'naya identichnost' are rather regular
now. There has even been an attempt to translate "identity politics" as
"politiki identichnosti", and those several dozens who know what the phrase
means - they know it from other sources. Those who might not have read
sacred feminist texts in the original - I don't know what they think the
phrase means.

e.g.



-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Tatyana Buzina
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:42 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Identity


Hello,
I am afraid "identichnost'" is somewhat official now even though it does
sound unnatural. When we were editing a syllabus for a cultural studies
course in Russia, the word "identichnost'" was used throughout for
"identity", although some colleagues took the expression "kul'turnaia
identichnost'" to mean "tozhdestvo dvukh kul'tur." Goes to show.
Tatyana

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