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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sigrid Rausing, Sigrid (Independent Scholar) Rausing, Rausing Sigrid
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780199263189
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926318-9
• Pagine: 190
• Serie: 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
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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