FROM ESTONIAN-RUSSIAN INTER-MARRIAGES TO “INTER-REGIONAL” MARRIAGES IN UKRAINE IN THE TIMES OF CRISIS
FROM ESTONIAN-RUSSIAN INTER-MARRIAGES TO “INTER-REGIONAL” MARRIAGES IN UKRAINE IN THE TIMES OF CRISIS
Author(s): Uku LemberSubject(s): Sociology, Oral history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Family and social welfare, History of Communism
Published by: NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Studies
Keywords: Oral history; life-story; memory studies; Estonia; Ukraine; Soviet Union; Maidan;
Summary/Abstract: This working paper discusses the issues with translating the research methodology and theoretical underpinnings from one inter-marriage situation in Estonia and to another in Ukraine. In my previous work, I researched “Estonian-Russian” intermarriages; my ongoing postdoctoral research focuses on the marriages between the people from different regions in Ukraine. In this paper I first offer an overview of my research methodology and theoretical framework. Second, I present an empirical illustration of some findings from Ukraine. In the end, I develop new reflections about my theoretical approach, directed towards rethinking the concept of “cultural world” and the meaning of “inter-marriage” in the diverse identification situation of Ukraine.
Journal: New Europe College Yearbook
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 123-144
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
