Beyond Borders
Remaking Cultural Identities In The New East And Central Europe
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 1997
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-8133-3232-1 (ISBN)
Description
This interdisciplinary volume focuses on the dynamic interaction of ethnic and national identities in contemporary East and Central Europe. East European and Western contributorsmany of them local activists concerned with safeguarding minority rights in their countriesprovide a wide range of insights into the current situation of minorities in Poland, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Slovakia, and Austria. They examine how particular social and cultural characteristics bring about different perceptions of and reactions to minorities, often leading to the strengthening of particular identities. }This interdisciplinary volume focuses on the dynamic interaction of ethnic and national identities in contemporary East and Central Europe. East European and Western contributorsmany of them local activists concerned with safeguarding minority rights in their countriesprovide a wide range of insights into the current situation of minorities in Poland, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Slovakia, and Austria.
They examine how particular social and cultural characteristics bring about different perceptions of and reactions to minorities, often leading to the strengthening of particular identities. }
They examine how particular social and cultural characteristics bring about different perceptions of and reactions to minorities, often leading to the strengthening of particular identities. }
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3232-1 (9780813332321)
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Content
Introduction: Searching for Identities in the New East Central Europe (Lszl K rti and Juliet Langman. ) Ethnicity in the New Civil Society: Lemko-Ukrainians in Poland (Chris M. Hann. ) The Construction of Moldovan National Consciousness (William Crowther. ) Identity (Trans)formation Among Pomaks in Bulgaria (Maria Todorova. ) The Albanian National Problem and Conflicts with Neighbors (Bashkim Shehu. ) Listening for Macedonian Identity: Reflections from Sveti Naum (Jonathan Schwartz ) Expressing Identity in a Changing Society: Hungarian Youth in Slovakia (J. Langman. ) Austria and Its New East Central European Minorities: The Discourses of Racism (Ruth Wodak.)