Bekus, Nelly. <br/><br/>
Struggle over identity   the official an d the alternative "Belarusianness" /   [electronic resource] : 
Nelly Bekus. 
 - Budapest ;   New York :   Central European University Press,   c2 010. 
 - 306 p. :   ill. ;   24 cm. 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-301) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Nation in theory -- Nation-formation strategies in contempora ry nation-studies -- State and nation -- Nationalism, capitalism, liber alism : the East European perspective -- Nationalism and socialism : th e Soviet case 41 -- pt. 2. The rise and development of the Belarusian n ational idea -- The first Belarusian nationalist movement : between nat ional and class interests -- Byelorussian Republic within the Soviet st ate -- Post-Soviet conditions for independence -- pt. 3. Belarusian pos t-communism -- The election of the first Belarusian president as a mirr or of Belarusian preferences -- "Labels" of the Belarusian regime -- "T riple transformation" and Belarus -- Prerequisites of democratization a nd authoritarianism in Belarus -- pt. 4. Arguments and paradoxes of wea k Belarusian identity -- Belarus as an example of national and democrat ic failure -- The Russian factor in Belarusian self-perception -- The p aradox of "national pride" -- Paradoxes of political and linguistic Rus sification -- Lack of religious basis for national unity -- pt. 5. The struggle over identity -- Two ideas of "Belarusianness" -- Belarusian-s pecific nature of the public sphere : "invisible wall" -- Belarusian hi story : the alternative and official historical narrations -- Political discourses of the alternative Belarusianness -- National ideology of t he Belarusian state as a political articulation of official Belarusiann ess -- pt. 6. Cultural manifestation versus social reification -- Two a pproaches to the politics of identity -- Belaruski globus : an encyclop edia of what existed before communism -- The Belarusian National Film M isterium occupation : distancing themselves from Soviets and Russians - - The "Free theater" or the alternative Belarusianness on stage -- Inde pendent rock music : critical reflection and protest -- Medieval reenac tors : a manifestation of Belarus's European history -- The official po litics of identity : social reification strategy. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> National characteristics, Belarusian.<br/> Nationalism-- Belarus.<br/> Political culture-- Belarus.<br/> Democratization-- Belarus.<br/> Popular culture-- Belarus.<br/> Social  change.<br/> Post-communism-- Social aspects-- Belarus.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Belarus-- Social conditions.<br/> Belarus-- Politics and government.