Transnational Russian Studies offers an approach to understanding
Russia based on the idea that language, society and culture do not
neatly coincide, but should be seen as flows of meaning across
ever-shifting boundaries. Our book moves beyond static conceptions
of Russia as a discrete nation with a singular language, culture,
and history. Instead, we understand it as a multinational society
that has perpetually redefined Russianness in reaction to the wider
world. We treat Russian culture as an expanding field, whose sphere
of influence transcends the geopolitical boundaries of the Russian
Federation, reaching as far as London, Cape Town, and Tehran. Our
transnational approach to Russian Studies generates new
perspectives on the history of Russian culture and its engagements
with, and transformation by, other cultures. The volume thereby
simultaneously illuminates broader conceptions of the transnational
from the perspective of Russian Studies. Over twenty chapters, we
provide case studies based on original research, treating topics
that include Russia's imperial and postcolonial entanglements; the
paradoxical role that language plays in both defining culture in
national terms, and facilitating transnational communication; the
life of things 'Russian' in the global arena; and Russia's
positioning in the contemporary globalized world. Our volume is
aimed primarily at students and researchers in Russian Studies, but
it will also be relevant to all Modern Linguists, and to those who
employ transnational paradigms within the broader humanities.
Contributors: Amelia M. Glaser, Cathy McAteer, Connor Doak, Dusan
Radunovic, Ellen Rutten, Galin Tihanov, Jeanne-Marie Jackson, Julie
Curtis, Lara Ryazanova-Clarke, Marijeta Bozovic, Michael Gorham,
Olga Maiorova, Philip Ross Bullock, Sergey Tyulenev, Stephen
Hutchings, Stephen M. Norris, Tatiana Filimonova, Vera Tolz, Vitaly
Nuriev and Vlad Strukov.
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