Homemaking in the Russian-speaking Diaspora : : Material Culture, Language and Identity / / ed. by Ekaterina Protassova, Maria Yelenevskaya.

Examines the material culture of Russian-speaking migrantsInvestigates human-object relations from a multidisciplinary vantage pointApplies theories tested in fields as diverse as anthropology and sociology, consumer and market research, sociolinguistics and semioticsDraws on data from in-depth inte...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Russian Language and Society : RLS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 49 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Images of Home away from Home
  • 1. Constructing Home away from Home: The Case of the Interwar Russian Refugees and the Post-Soviet Migrants in Greece
  • 2. Russian Objects and Russian Homes: A Sociological Reflection on Homes and Migration
  • 3. ‘Material Stories’ and Cross-referencing: Experiences of Home and Migration among Women from Russia Living in Japan
  • 4. The Role of Material Objects in the Home Interiors of Russian Speakers in Finland
  • 5. The Role of Possessions in Adaptation to a New Life
  • 6. The Hollywood Kazwup: Historic Russian Restaurants in Los Angeles, 1918–1989
  • 7. Language as a Home Tradition: Linguistic Practices of the Russian Community in San Javier, Uruguay
  • 8. The Russian-Israeli Home: A Blend of Cultures
  • 9. Russian-speaking Immigrant Women in Turkey: Histories of Moving ‘Homes’ and ‘Homelands’
  • 10. A Journey to a New Home: Language, Identity and Material Culture
  • Index