Estonia and Poland: creativity and tradition in cultural communication : volume 2 : perspectives on national and regional identity   

• Product Details

  Product #

  2134797B

  Author(s)

  Laineste, Liisi

  City

  Tartu 

  Country

  Estonia 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9789949490776 

  Date of Publication

  2013 

  Publisher

  Eesti Kirjandusmuuseumi Teaduskirjastus  

  Cover Type

  Soft cover 

  Pages

  249 

  Series

  Estonia and Poland: creativity and tradition in cultural communication 2

  Subject

  Ethnic Studies / Ethnology

  Subject

  History, 20th-21st Centuries

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Laineste, Liisi

  Publisher

  Eesti Kirjandusmuuseumi Teaduskirjastus  

• Description

  The focus of the book is on the role of creativity and tradition in contemporary Eastern Europe, with Estonia and Poland as cases in point. The volume of articles addresses diverse narratives in the Eastern European cultural space as they occur in various types of media. Parallel research articles by scholars from a wide range of fields seek to provide a novel perspective on the ongoing discussions of identity in these rapidly changing societies. Research material for Volume 2: "Perspectives on national and regional identity” is drawn from a variety of sources, both contemporary, e.g. advertisement campaigns, urban legends, cookbooks, etc, and archival, especially folkloric. The analysis of culturally significant narratives helps to specify their role in the construction of collective identity. The results of the studies demonstrate that both national and regional identities are at least partly determined by concepts and stories shared by the people, but at the same time they are the products of external variables, such as public policies or globalisation.