Russian Diaspora: Culture, Identity, and Language Change

Ludmila Isurin

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2011

Russian Diaspora

Culture, Identity, and Language Change

Ludmila Isurin

Volume 99 in the series Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781934078457

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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 community as "Russian," ignoring the reality of two distinct ethnic groups. In addition, none of the extant literature or books is based on an empirical, controlled-study of a numerically large group of immigrants. Finally, few if any published monographs make use of qualitative as well as quantitative methods of analysis or the same theoretical framework to explore changes in culture, identity, and language.

The proposed book has several features distinguishing it from the currently available scholarship. "Russian Diaspora" examines two distinct ethnic groups, relies on empirical data based on sizable groups in three countries, and looks into three elements of acculturation (culture, identity, and language). Of the 214 people who participated in the present study, 174 are Russian immigrants who had resided in the United States, Germany, and Israel between ten and thirty years. In addition to offering a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses, the book adopts sociological, socio-linguistic and psycho-linguistic methods of analysis.
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Ludmila Isurin, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Table of contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Russian immigration: The third wave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
2. Theoretical framework and methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. ‘‘Prodigal children’’ of Mother Russia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
4. Culture: Change of the cultural perception Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
5. Culture: Individualism versus collectivism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6. In search of ‘‘self ’’: Self-identification and identity transformation among Russian immigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. Sense of belonging Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
8. Language change and language maintenance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Linguists and scholars of related disciplines who are interested in immigration and immigration studies. In addition, the wide scope of the study and its interdisciplinary nature should attract sociologists, anthropologists, cross-cultural psychologists, sociolinguists and psycholinguists.
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 234
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Tables: 59
Keywords: Sociology; Cross-Cultural Studies; Immigration Studies

eBook

Published: March 29, 2011
ISBN: 9781934078457

Hardcover

Published: March 17, 2011
ISBN: 9781934078440