Contemporary Ukraine on the Cultural Map of Europe

AvLarissa M. L. Zaleska Onyshkevych,Maria G. Rewakowicz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

The concept of a 'return to Europe' has been integral to the movement for Ukrainian national rebirth since the nineteenth century. While the goal of a more fully reformed politics remains elusive, numerous expressions of Ukrainian culture continue to develop in the European spirit. This wide-ranging book explores Ukraine's European cultural connection, especially as it has been reestablished since the country achieved independence in 1991. The contributors discusses many aspects of Ukraine's contemporary culture - history, politics, and religion in Part I; literary culture in Part II; and language, popular culture, and the arts in Part III. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a young country grappling with its divided past and its colonial heritage, yet asserting its voice and preferences amid the diverse and at times conflicting realities of the contemporary political scene. Europe becomes a powerful point of reference, a measure against which the situation in post-independence Ukraine is gouged and debated. This framework allows for a better understanding of the complexities deeply ingrained in the social fabric of Ukrainian society.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 31 mm
Vikt:816 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:496
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780765624000

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Larissa M. L. Zaleska Onyshkevych, Maria G. Rewakowicz

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I: Mapping the Nation; 1: The Western Dimension of the Making of Modern Ukraine; 2: Cultural Fault Lines and Political Divisions; 3: Ukraine's Road to Europe; 4: Finis Europae; 5: The Status of Religion in Ukraine in Relation to European Standards; 6: Missionaries and Pluralism; 7: The Future of Ukraine if Values Determine the Course; 8: Accountability for Human Rights Violations by Soviet and Other Communist Regimes and the Position of the Council of Europe; 9: Collective Memory as a Device for Constructing a New Gender Myth; II: Reflecting Identities; 10: Mirrors, Windows, and Maps; 11: Cultural Perceptions, Mirror Images, and Western Identification in New Ukrainian Drama; 12: Ukrainian Avant-Garde Poetry Today; 13: Nativists versus Westernizers; 14: Back to the Golden Age; 15: Symbols of Transformation; 16: Choosing a Europe; 17: Images of Bonding and Social Decay in Contemporary Ukrainian Prose; 18: Women's Literary Discourse and National Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine; III: Manifesting Culture; 19: The European Dimension Within the Current Controversy over the Ukrainian Language Standard; 20: Colonial Linguistic Reflexes in a Post-Soviet Setting; 21: Criticism and Confidence; 22: Linguistic Strategies of Imperial Appropriation; 23: Ukraine's Changing Communicative Space; 24: Envisioning Europe; 25: Contemporary Ukrainian Art and the Twentieth Century Avant-Garde; 26: “The Past Is My Beginning …”