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

By Maria G. Rewakowicz

Product details

• Authors: Maria G Rewakowicz, Maria G. Rewakowicz, Rewakowicz Maria G.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781498538831
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3883-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern