ISBN:
9783531192260
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.8009
Keywords:
Ukrainians -- Poland -- History
;
Nationalism -- Poland
;
Minorities -- Poland -- History
;
Poland -- Ethnic relations
;
Poland -- Social conditions
;
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Abstract:
This book contributes to the theoretical and methodological discussion about how the diverging experiences of generations and their historical memories play a role in the process of national identity formation. Drawing from narratives gathered within the Ukrainian minority in northern Poland and centered on the collective trauma of Action Vistula, where in 1947 about 140,000 Ukrainians were resettled from south-eastern Poland and relocated to the north-western areas, this study shows that three generations vary considerably with regard to their understandings of home, integration, history and religion. Thus, generational differences are an essential element in the analysis and understanding of social and political change. The findings of this study provide a contribution to debates about the process based nature of national identity, the role of trauma in creating generational consciousness and how generations should be conceptualized.
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1. Introduction: National Identity in Eastern Europe after Communism -- 1.1 National Minorities in Eastern Europe: A Growing Field of Study -- 1.2 Selecting the Case: Polish Citizens with Ukrainian Descent -- 1.3 Fragmented Identities? Identity Process as a Research Focus -- 1.4 A Comparative Approach: Conceptualizing Three Generations -- 1.5 Research Questions -- 1.6 The Structure of the Dissertation -- Part IDynamics of National Identity:Conceptual, Theoretical, andMethodological Approaches -- 2. National Identity as a Process -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Pillars of Identity Theory -- 2.3 The Salience of National Identity: Everyday Understandings and Social Context -- 2.4 Everyday Discourses: Dynamics and Redefinations -- 2.5 Ethnicity and Nationalism - Eastern Europe as a Special Case -- 2.6 Distinguishing Nation, State, and Ethnicity -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3. The Life Course and Social Change -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Change, Dynamics and Collective Identity -- 3.3 Structural Conditions: The Terminology of Generations and Cohorts -- 3.4 Historical Generations and Familial Transmission -- 3.5 The Power of History: Myths, Memory, and Generational Consciousness -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4. Methodology -- 4.1 Selection of the Case Study -- 4.2 The Case of the Ukrainian Minority -- 4.3 Data Collection -- 4.4 Description of Data -- 4.5 Exploratory Data Analysis -- 4.6 Analytical Tools -- 4.7 Analyzing the Data -- 4.8 Conclusion -- Part IIEmpirical Research:Historical Experience andIntergenerational Differences -- 5. The Ukrainians in Poland: Social Structure and History -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Social Structure -- 5.3 Organizational Structure of the Ukrainians in Poland -- 5.4 Poland and Ukraine: From the Commonwealth to the Second Rzeczpospolita.
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