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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136791003321

Autore

Nugin Raili

Titolo

Generations in Estonia : contemporary perspectives on turbulent times / / edited by Raili Nugin, Anu Kannike, Maaris Raudsepp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tartu, : University of Tartu Press, 2016

Tartu : , : University of Tartu Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9789949770564 (ebook)

9789949770557 (paperback)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Approaches to culture theory ; ; volume 5

Disciplina

305.209479

Soggetti

Intergenerational relations - Estonia - 20th century

Generations - Estonia - 20th century

Estonia Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the international reader with the first study of different generations and intergenerational relations in Estonia. The chapters highlight generational patterns in the 20th and 21st centuries, with the volume as a whole taking an interdisciplinary approach. Sharing the idea that generations are dynamic, that their borders are blurred and change over time, and that their construction is interdependent, the authors have each chosen a specific perspective on and framework for generations. Several studies take an interest in how and by whom generations are constructed, and how generational identity has been perceived and reshaped over time. Others use generation as a concept or an analytical tool with which to investigate different social processes, or as a community of experience and carrier of memory. The volume suggests novel and diverse approaches to the definition of generation and the formation of generational



consciousness, as well as to generational theory.