Ukraine''s Quest for Identity - Embracing Cultural Hybridity in Literary Imagination, 19912011

This study examines the connections between literature and national identity in post-Soviet Ukraine. The author conceives of literary production as a social institution and analyzes such topics as gender, regionalism, language politics, and popular culture. This work also situates Ukraine’s post-Soviet development within a broader regional context.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Literature on Edge: Cultural Hybridity, Identities, and Reading Strategies
Chapter 2: Cultural Geographies: Regionalism and Territorial Identities in Literature
Chapter 3: Gender Matters: Women's Literary Discourse
Chapter 4: Language Choice and Language as Protagonist
Chapter 5: Ways of Social Marginalization in Post-Independence Fiction: Ideology, Disease, and Crime
Chapter 6: Popular Literature and National Identity Construction
Conclusion: Toward a New National Literature
Epilogue: Literature in a Time of War

About the author

Maria G. Rewakowicz teaches Ukrainian literature at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and is also affiliated with the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington.

Summary

This study examines the connections between literature and national identity in post-Soviet Ukraine. The author conceives of literary production as a social institution and analyzes such topics as gender, regionalism, language politics, and popular culture. This work also situates Ukraine’s post-Soviet development within a broader regional context.

Product details

• Authors: Maria G Rewakowicz, Maria G. Rewakowicz, Rewakowicz Maria G.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781498538817
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3881-7
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Ukraine, Cultural Studies, Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Politics & government, Politics and government, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet