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Homemaking in the Russian-Speaking Diaspora

Material Culture, Language and Identity

Maria Yelenevskaya Ekaterina Protassova

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English
Edinburgh University Press
25 August 2023
Bringing together scholars specialising in Russian studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics, this collection examines the discursive practices in which migrants' homes are framed, negotiated and constructed to reveal the complexity and ambivalence of home as a concept and as a phenomenon of social life. By examining migrants' stories about moving home, the book explores the stages of linguistic and cultural adaptation. It demonstrates that immigrants' homes are semiotic storehouses revealing their owners' past and present as well as aspirations for the future. It presents the first multifaceted investigation of the interdependence of materiality and emotions and materiality and language use by Russian-speaking immigrants.
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Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   535g
ISBN:   9781474494496
ISBN 10:   1474494498
Series:   Russian Language and Society
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Maria Yelenevskaya is Senior Teaching Fellow at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.Ekaterina Protassova is Adjunct Professor in Russian Language at the University of Helsinki, Finland

Reviews for Homemaking in the Russian-Speaking Diaspora: Material Culture, Language and Identity

""All the chapters show how the material objects we often take for granted become part of us and keep us alive. Everyone will find reading this book intellectually and spiritually rewarding and will see their surrounding objects and themselves in a new light."" -Igor Klyukanov, Eastern Washington University


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