{"product_id":"struggle-over-identity-nelly-bekus-9789639776685","title":"Struggle Over Identity: The Official and the Alternative Belarusianness","description":"\u003cp\u003eRejecting the cliché about \"weak identity and underdeveloped nationalism,\" Bekus argues for the co-existence of two parallel concepts of Belarusianness--the official and the alternative one--which mirrors the current state of the Belarusian people more accurately and allows for a different interpretation of the interconnection between the democratization and nationalization of Belarusian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book describes how the ethno-symbolic nation of the Belarusian nationalists, based on the cultural capital of the Golden Age of the Belarusian past (17th century) competes with the \"nation\" institutionalized and reified by the numerous civic rituals and social practices under the auspices of the actual Belarusian state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing the two concepts not only provides understanding of the logic that dominates Belarusian society's self-description models, but also enables us to evaluate the chances of alternative Belarusianness to win this unequal struggle over identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nelly Bekus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9639776688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789639776685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central European University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 45","brand":"Nelly Bekus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126113759487,"sku":"9789639776685","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d585403e-c9c9-436c-acfe-6dbcc26ab945.jpg?v=1687446354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/struggle-over-identity-nelly-bekus-9789639776685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}