Russian Diaspora : : Culture, Identity, and Language Change /

Russian Diaspora : : Culture, Identity, and Language Change / / Ludmila Isurin.

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This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the largest immigrant groups in the West. Most of the extant books on the subject of Russian immigration are written from a sociological or socio-linguistic perspective. They are focused on strictly Jewish immigration or cast the immigrant...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Isurin, Ludmila,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 99
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Physical Description:1 online resource (234 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Russian immigration: The third wave
  • 2. Theoretical framework and methodology
  • 3. ‘‘Prodigal children’’ of Mother Russia
  • 4. Culture: Change of the cultural perception
  • 5. Culture: Individualism versus collectivism
  • 6. In search of ‘‘self ’’: Self-identification and identity transformation among Russian immigrants
  • 7. Sense of belonging
  • 8. Language change and language maintenance
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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