This module is structured thematically and draws on comparative materials from a range of experiences across Russia, the Soviet successor states and Eastern Europe. The module will examine changes and continuities in socio-cultural identities and everyday lived existence, including ethnic, gender, class and national identities, as well as perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the West and the socialist past. The module will examine changing patterns in cultural identification in Russia and Eastern Europe and explore ethnographic case studies in the region. These themes will be prefaced with historical background and discussed in their empirical, discursive and theoretical dimensions.
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