History, Memory, and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia - The End of a Collective Farm

Klappentext Located in the world of a former collective farm in Estonia, Sigrid Rausing's book describes the changing identity of the Swedish speaking minority in Estonia under pre-Soviet and Soviet rule, its new post-Soviet dependence on Sweden, and its current attempt to restore a Swedish cultural identity. Zusammenfassung Located in the world of a former collective farm in Estonia, Sigrid Rausing's book describes the changing identity of the Swedish speaking minority in Estonia under pre-Soviet and Soviet rule, its new post-Soviet dependence on Sweden, and its current attempt to restore a Swedish cultural identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: NARRATIVES OF NORMALITY 1.: Post-Soviet Life 2.: Culture and Ideology: The Conception of the Normal 3.: The Charged Symbolism of Transition 4.: The Economy of Dependence: Gift Exchange, Consumption, and Aid PART TWO: HISTORY AND MEMORIES 5.: Nation Building: The Formulation of the Estonian Swedish Identity, 1870-1940 6.: National Heritage in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Estonia 7.: Conclusion: How to be Estonian Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sigrid Rausing, Sigrid (Independent Scholar) Rausing, Rausing Sigrid
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780199263189
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926318-9
• Seiten: 190
• Serien: Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C; Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Estonia, 20th Century, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural anthropology, Physical anthropology