Struggle over identity
Subtitle: the official and the alternative Belarusianness
By: Nelly Bekus
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Budapest; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789639776685
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Nation in theory; title: Nation-formation strategies in contemporary nation-studies; title: State and nation; title: Nationalism, capitalism, liberalism : the East European perspective; title: Nationalism and socialism : the Soviet case; title: pt. 2. The rise and development of the Belarusian national idea; title: The first Belarusian nationalist movement : between national and class interests; title: Byelorussian republic within the Soviet state; title: Post-Soviet conditions for independence; title: pt. 3. Belarusian post-communism; title: The election of the first Belarusian president as a mirror of Belarusian preferences; title: "Labels" of the Belarusian regime; title: "Triple transformation" and Belarus; title: Prerequisites of democratization and authoritarianism in Belarus; title: pt. 4. Arguments and paradoxes of weak Belarusian identity; title: Belarus as an example of national and democratic failure; title: The Russian factor in Belarusian self-perception; title: The paradox of "national pride"; title: Paradoxes of political and linguistic Russification; title: Lack of religious basis for national unity; title: pt. 5. The struggle over identity; title: Two ideas of "Belarusianness" in place of "sole" national idea; title: Belarusian-specific nature of the public sphere : invisible wall; title: Belarusian tradition : the alternative and official historical narrations; title: Political discourses of alternative Belarusianness; title: National ideology of the Belarusian state as a political articulation of official Belarusianness; title: pt. 6. Cultural manifestation versus social reification; title: Two Belarusian approaches to the politics of identity; title: "The Belarusian globe" : an encyclopedia of what existed before communism; title: Belarusian National Film Misterium occupation : distancing themselves from Soviets and Russians; title: Free theater : alternative Belarusianness on the stage; title: Independent rock music : critical reflection and protest; title: Medieval reenactors : a manifestation of Belarus's European history; title: The official politics of identity : social reification strategy.