LEADER 04979oam 2200853 450 001 996248340003316 005 20230125230506.0 010 $a9786155211843 010 $a978-615-5211-84-3 010 $a978-6-15521-184-3 010 $a615-5211-84-1 010 $a2-8218-1519-0 010 $a1-283-24838-7 010 $a9786613248381 010 $a1-4416-5814-9 024 7 $a2027/heb09341 035 $a(CKB)2670000000039903 035 $a(OCoLC)649837711 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10395999 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000429020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274502 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10424782 035 $a(PQKB)11198084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137298 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21343 035 $a(DE-B1597)633281 035 $a(DE-B1597)9786155211843 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/60161 035 $a(dli)HEB09341 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000011663834 035 $a(PPN)182837289 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000039903 100 $a20100309e20102013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStruggle over Identity$eThe Official and the Alternative "Belarusianness" /$fNelly Bekus 210 $cCentral European University Press$d2010 210 1$aBudapest, Hungary:$cCentral European University Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010. 215 $a1 online resource (312 pages) 311 $a963-9776-68-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Nation in theory -- Nation-formation strategies in contemporary nation-studies -- State and nation -- Nationalism, capitalism, liberalism : the East European perspective -- Nationalism and socialism : the Soviet case 41 -- pt. 2. The rise and development of the Belarusian national idea -- The first Belarusian nationalist movement : between national and class interests -- Byelorussian Republic within the Soviet state -- Post-Soviet conditions for independence -- pt. 3. Belarusian post-communism -- The election of the first Belarusian president as a mirror of Belarusian preferences -- "Labels" of the Belarusian regime -- "Triple transformation" and Belarus -- Prerequisites of democratization and authoritarianism in Belarus -- pt. 4. Arguments and paradoxes of weak Belarusian identity -- Belarus as an example of national and democratic failure -- The Russian factor in Belarusian self-perception -- The paradox of "national pride" -- Paradoxes of political and linguistic Russification -- Lack of religious basis for national unity -- pt. 5. The struggle over identity -- Two ideas of "Belarusianness" -- Belarusian-specific nature of the public sphere : "invisible wall" -- Belarusian history : the alternative and official historical narrations -- Political discourses of the alternative Belarusianness -- National ideology of the Belarusian state as a political articulation of official Belarusianness -- pt. 6. Cultural manifestation versus social reification -- Two approaches to the politics of identity -- Belaruski globus : an encyclopedia of what existed before communism -- The Belarusian National Film Misterium occupation : distancing themselves from Soviets and Russians -- The "Free theater" or the alternative Belarusianness on stage -- Independent rock music : critical reflection and protest -- Medieval reenactors : a manifestation of Belarus's European history -- The official politics of identity : social reification strategy. 330 $aDescribes how the ethno-symbolic nation of the Belarusian nationalists, based on the cultural capital of the Golden Age of the Belarusian past (17th century) competes with the nation - institutionalized and reified by the numerous civic rituals and social practices under the auspices of the actual Belarusian state. 606 $aPost-communism$xSocial aspects$zBelarus 606 $aSocial change$zBelarus 606 $aPopular culture$zBelarus 606 $aDemocratization$zBelarus 606 $aPolitical culture$zBelarus 606 $aNationalism$zBelarus 606 $aNational characteristics, Belarusian 607 $aBelarus$xPolitics and government 607 $aBelarus$xSocial conditions 610 $aBelarus, Democratization, Identity, Language policies, Liberalism, Nation-building, Nationalism. 615 0$aPost-communism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aNational characteristics, Belarusian. 676 $a947.8 700 $aBekus$b Nelly$0934730 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248340003316 996 $aStruggle over Identity$92104883 997 $aUNISA