Homemaking in the Russian-speaking Diaspora

Material Culture, Language and Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Maria Yelenevskaya, Ekaterina Protassova, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) Yelenevskaya, Maria (Senior Teaching Fellow, Finland) Protassova, Ekaterina (Adjunct Professor in Russian language, University of Helsinki

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-02-28
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt398 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRussian Language and Society
Antal sidor256
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474494502

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Images of Home Away from Home - Maria Yelenevskaya and Ekaterina ProtassovaChapter 1: Constructing Home Away from Home: The Case of the Interwar Russian Refugees and the Post-Soviet Migrants in Greece - Kira KaurinkoskiChapter 2: Russian objects and Russian Homes: A Sociological Reflection on Homes and Migration - Anna PechurinaChapter 3: ‘Material Stories’ and Cross-Referencing: Experiences of Home and Migration Among Women from Russia Living in Japan - Ksenia GolovinaChapter 4: The Role of Material Objects in Home Interiors of the Russian Speakers in Finland - Ekaterina Protassova and Kirill ReznikChapter 5: The Role of Possessions in Adaptation to a New Life - Marika KalyugaChapter 6: The Hollywood Kazwup: Historic Russian Restaurants in Los Angeles, 1918–1989 - Sasha RazorChapter 7: Language as a Home Tradition: Linguistic Practices of the Russian Community in San Javier, Uruguay - Gleb PilipenkoChapter 8: "My Home is a Bridge between My Old and New Countries": Narratives of Russian-Speaking Israelis about Homemaking - Maria YelenevskayaChapter 9: Russian-Speaking Immigrant Women in Turkey: Histories of Moving "Homes" and "Homelands" - Liaisan ŞahinChapter 10: A Journey to a New Home: Language, Identity and Material Culture - Larissa Aronin

Approaching the interdisciplinarity of ‘home-making’, this book is a useful collection particularly for scholars or enthusiasts interested in material culture, linguistics, sociology, and Russian studies. Through a perspective of cultural and linguistic anthropology, as well as social analysis ethnography, semiotics, and culture geography,this book is a quite significant contribution to understanding the diasporic experience in Russian-speaking contexts, blending diverse methodologies to explore how migrants navigate their identities through material and symbolic means.