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

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Maria Yelenevskaya Ekaterina Protassova

Homemaking in the Russian-Speaking Diaspora

Material Culture, Language and Identity

Maria Yelenevskaya, Ekaterina Protassova

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Edinburgh University Press
10 June 2025

Sociolinguistics; Language Teaching (non-ELT); Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Russian Language and Society

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.

Edited by: Maria Yelenevskaya, Ekaterina Protassova
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474494502
ISBN 10: 1474494501
Series: Russian Language and Society
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maria Yelenevskaya is Senior Teaching Fellow at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

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