Contemporary Ukraine on the Cultural Map of Europe

Half Title
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Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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I.
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II.
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On Transliteration
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References
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Ukraine on Historical Maps of Europe
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PART I. Mapping the Nation: History, Politics, and Religion......Page 34
1. The Western Dimension of the Making of Modern Ukraine
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The Seed-Plot in Brief
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German Nationalism and the Habsburg Empire
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Between Russians and Poles: Ukrainians in the Russian Empire
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The End of the Vienna Connection......Page 44
The Last Act of “1848”: 1945–1991 
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2004: An Epilogue—and a Prologue?
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Notes
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References
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2. Cultural Fault Lines and Political Divisions: The Legacy of History in Contemporary Ukraine
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References
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3. Ukraine’s Road to Europe: Still a Controversial Issue
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Bibliography
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The Orange Revolution Against the Background of the Religious Mystery Play, “Orthodoxy or Death!"
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An Uprising Against the “Byzantine God”: Ukrainian Orthodoxy in a Historic Retrospective
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Between “Golden-Domed” Kyïv and “Impetuous Warsaw”: The Duel of Genghis Khan and Charlemagne
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Notes
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References
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5. The Status of Religion in Ukraine in Relation to European Standards
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The Ukrainian Religious Landscape
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International, European, and Ukrainian Law on Religion
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Religious Minorities
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Tolerance
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Church and State
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Church and School
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service
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The Family
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Notes
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Bibliography
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6. Missionaries and Pluralism: How the Law Changed the Religious Landscape in Ukraine 
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The Religious Renaissance of the 1990s
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Religiosity in Ukraine
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Conversion to Evangelicalism
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National or Foreign Faith?
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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7. The Future of Ukraine if Values Determine the Course: What Opinion Polls Disclose About Public Attitudeson Political and Economic Issues
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The Research Environment in Ukraine
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Human Rights and Freedoms
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Economic Values—Private Property, Privatization, and Pace of Reforms
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Political Values—Elections, Campaigns, and a Multiparty System
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International Orientation, Models for Development, and Preferred Foreign Policy
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Does the Public See Ukraine as a Democracy?
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Conclusions
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Notes
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Bibliography
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The Council of Europe’s Condemnation of Totalitarian Communist Regimes
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European States’ Stand on Accountability for Human Rights Abuses by Former Communist Regimes
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Surveying the Mythical Terrain
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The Politics of Transmission
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Dawn of the Fifth Season?
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Notes
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References
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PART II. Reflecting Identities: The Literary Paradigm
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10. Mirrors, Windows, and Maps: The Topology of Cultural Identification in Contemporary Ukrainian Literature
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References
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Cultural Perceptions and Choices
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Drama as a Mirror
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Post-Soviet and Postcolonial Ukrainian Drama and Its Protagonists
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Ukrainian Protagonists
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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12. Ukrainian Avant-Garde Poetry Today Bu-Ba-Bu and Others
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References
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13. Nativists versus Westernizers: Problems of Cultural Identity in Ukrainian Literature of the 1990s
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The Center and the Peripheries
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The Stanislaviv Phenomenon
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How Does a Literary School Emerge?
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The East-West Controversy and the Language of Propaganda
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Towards Organic, or True, National Literature
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Conclusions
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Notes
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References
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14. Back to the Golden Age The Discourse of Nostalgia in Galicia in the 1990s
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Notes
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Bibliography
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15. Symbols of Transformation: The Reflection of Ukraine’s “Identity Shift” in Four Ukrainian Novels of the 1990s
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Yuri (Iurii) Andrukhovych
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Valerii Shevchuk
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Yuri [Iurii] Izdryk and Iurko Hudz
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Notes
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References
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16. Choosing a Europe Andrukhovych, Izdryk, and the New Ukrainian Literature
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Notes
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References
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17. Images of Bonding and Social Decay in Contemporary Ukrainian Prose: Reading Serhii Zhadan and Anatolii Dnistrovy
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References
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18. Women’s Literary Discourse and National Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine 
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Centers of Gender Studies
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Four Women Critics and Their Feminist Take
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Women’s Voices in Belles Lettres
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Autobiographical Turn and Hybrid Genres
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Europe as Home? A Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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Part III. Manifesting Culture Language, Media, and the Arts
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19. The European Dimension Within the Current Controversy over the Ukrainian Language Standard
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Notes
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References
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20. Colonial Linguistic Reflexes in a Post-Soviet Setting: The Galician Variant of the Ukrainian Language and Anti-Ukrainian Discourse in Contemporary Internet Sources
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Anti-Galician Sources on the Internet
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Negative Labels for Galician Ukrainian
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Modern Standard Ukrainian—a Galician Project?
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What Is the Galician Language?
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Notes
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References
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21. Criticism and Confidence: Reshaping the Linguistic Marketplace in Post-Soviet Ukraine 
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Judgments of Language in Historical Context
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Criticism: Forging the Link Between Linguistic and Social Authority
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Regional Trends in Criticism and Confidence
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Conclusions
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Notes
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References
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22. Linguistic Strategies of Imperial Appropriation: Why Ukraine Is Absent from World Film History 
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Typology of Narratives on Ukraine
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Notes
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References
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Introduction and Theoretical Context
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Media and Identity in Ukraine
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A Few Highlights from 2007
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Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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24. Envisioning Europe Ruslana’s Rhetoric of Identity
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Notes
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References
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The Legacy of the Historical Avant-Garde......Page 444
Characterizing the Ukrainian Avant-Garde
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The Present Scene
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Notes
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References
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26. “The Past Is My Beginning . . .”: On the Recent Music Scene in Ukraine
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Kyïv Music Fest 1990
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Ukrainian Music at the Time of Independence
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Kyïv Music Fest 1991
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Kyïv Music Fest: Continuation and Impact
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Other Music Festivals
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Concluding Remarks
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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About the Editors
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About the Authors
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About the Translator
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