Spatial Concepts of Lithuania in the Long Nineteenth Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av Darius Stalinas, Darius Staliūnas, Darius Staliunas, Darius Stali¿nas

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This book deals with the spatial concepts of Lithuania and other geo-images that either ""competed"" in the nineteenth century with the term Lithuania or were of a different taxonomic level (Samogitia, Prussia's Lithuania, Lithuania Minor, Poland, the Western region, the Northwest Region, Lita/Lite, Belarus, East Prussia etc.). The Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Belarusian, Jewish, and German geo-images of this territory are analyzed in separate chapters of this volume. The spatial and topographical turns, especially the innovative perspective suggested by French Marxist Henri Lefebvre to look at the (social) space as a product of social creativity, research on so-called mental maps, postcolonial studies, and nationalism studies provided some theoretical background as well as analytical approaches for the studies published in this volume.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-01-19
Mått155 x 234 x 30 mm
Vikt878 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLithuanian Studies without Borders
Antal sidor478
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9781618115324

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Darius Staliunas is the author of Making Russians. Meaning and Practice of Russification in Lithuania and Belarus after 1863 (Amsterdam/New York, NY: Rodopi, 2007); Enemies for a Day: Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Violence in Lithuania under the Tsars (Budapest/New York: CEU Press, 2015); and Lithuanian Nationalism and the Vilnius Question, 1883-1940 (Marburg: Herder-Institut, 2015; co-author Dangiras Maiulis). Since 2000 Staliunas has been a deputy director at Lithuanian Institute of History. He teaches at Vilnius and Klaipeda universities. His research interests include issues of Russian nationality policy in the so-called Northwestern Region (Lithuania and Belorussia), ethnic conflicts as well as problems of historiography and places of memory in Lithuania.

List of Illustrations IntroductionChapter 1: Poland or Russia? Lithuania on the Russian Mental MapDarius StaliūnasChapter 2: Images of Lithuania in the First Half of the Nineteenth CenturyZita MedišauskienėChapter 3: The Pre-1914 Creation of Lithuanian "National Territory"Darius StaliūnasChapter 4: “Lithuania—An Extension of Poland”: The Territorial Image of Lithuania in the Polish DiscourseOlga Mastianica and Darius StaliūnasChapter 5: Between Ethnographic Belarus and the Reestablishment of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: How Belarusian Nationalism Created Its “National Territory” at the Beginning of the Twentieth CenturyOlga MastianicaChapter 6Lite on the Jewish Mental MapsVladimir Levin and Darius StaliūnasChapter 7: Lithuania in the Spatial Concepts of Germans and Prussian LithuaniansVasilijus SafronovasChapter 8: In Lieu of a ConclusionIndex

"Darius Staliūnas and his co-authors make an excellent and detailed contribution to the study of the spatialities of national identities with their explorations and explanations of Lithuanian national identity and territory as they emerged and crystalized during the nineteenth century, the age of nationalism. Rather than treat space and territory as unrelated backdrops to national identities, Staliūnas et al. bring these concepts to the forefront and demonstrate how they are instrumental in shaping national identities. . . .the work overall is a great contribution to scholarly literature because it illustrates the role that spatial relationships and conceptions play in the emergence, growth, and development of national identities. The Lithuanian case may seem an unusual example for advancing such arguments. However, through their meticulous work, Staliūnas et al. thoroughly demonstrate that the Lithuanian case brilliantly illustrates broader, more universal processes."