Full Description
Examines the material culture of Russian-speaking migrants
Investigates human-object relations from a multidisciplinary vantage point
Applies theories tested in fields as diverse as anthropology and sociology, consumer and market research, sociolinguistics and semiotics
Draws on data from in-depth interviews and group discussions, photographs, social media and participant observation
Looks at the experiences of Russian-speaking immigrants in a range of countries including Australia, Finland, Greece, Japan, Israel, Turkey, Uruguay and the USA
Bringing together scholars specialising in Russian studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics, this collection examines the discursive practices in which migrants' homes are framed, negotiated and constructed to reveal the complexity and ambivalence of home as a concept and as a phenomenon of social life.
By examining migrants' stories about moving home, the book explores the stages of linguistic and cultural adaptation. It demonstrates that immigrants' homes are semiotic storehouses revealing their owners' past and present as well as aspirations for the future. It presents the first multifaceted investigation of the interdependence of materiality and emotions and materiality and language use by Russian-speaking immigrants.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Images of Home Away from Home - Maria Yelenevskaya and Ekaterina Protassova
Chapter 1: Constructing Home Away from Home: The Case of the Interwar Russian Refugees and the Post-Soviet Migrants in Greece - Kira Kaurinkoski
Chapter 2: Russian objects and Russian Homes: A Sociological Reflection on Homes and Migration - Anna Pechurina
Chapter 3: 'Material Stories' and Cross-Referencing: Experiences of Home and Migration Among Women from Russia Living in Japan - Ksenia Golovina
Chapter 4: The Role of Material Objects in Home Interiors of the Russian Speakers in Finland - Ekaterina Protassova and Kirill Reznik
Chapter 5: The Role of Possessions in Adaptation to a New Life - Marika Kalyuga
Chapter 6: The Hollywood Kazwup: Historic Russian Restaurants in Los Angeles, 1918-1989 - Sasha Razor
Chapter 7: Language as a Home Tradition: Linguistic Practices of the Russian Community in San Javier, Uruguay - Gleb Pilipenko
Chapter 8: "My Home is a Bridge between My Old and New Countries": Narratives of Russian-Speaking Israelis about Homemaking - Maria Yelenevskaya
Chapter 9: Russian-Speaking Immigrant Women in Turkey: Histories of Moving "Homes" and "Homelands" - Liaisan Şahin
Chapter 10: A Journey to a New Home: Language, Identity and Material Culture - Larissa Aronin
