The brother of the other : immigration from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to the Czech Republic and the boundaries of belonging / Radka Klvanova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klvaňová, Radka, author.

Series:

EDIS ; Volume 16.

EDIS ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociologie.

Russia--Emigration and immigration.

Russia.

Belarus--Emigration and immigration.

Belarus.

Ukraine--Emigration and immigration.

Ukraine.

Czech Republic--Emigration and immigration.

Czech Republic.

Local Subjects:

Sociologie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brno, [Czech Republic] : Masaryk University, 2017.

Summary:

Kniha se věnuje kulturním procesům vyjednávání symbolických hranic přináležení v českém imigračním kontextu. Na základě kvalitativní analýzy biografických rozhovorů s přistěhovalci z Běloruska, Ukrajiny a Ruska žijících v České republice autorka zjišťuje, jak se utvářejí symbolické hranice přináležení skrze stigma v každodenních interakcích v sociálním a kulturním kontextu imigrace. Kniha si všímá rozporuplné kulturní reprezentace této skupiny migrantů v českém prostoru etnizovaných vztahů – zvláštního napětí mezi pozicí ‚Druhého‘ (‚Other) a ‚Bratra‘ (‚Brother‘) ve vztahu k Čechům. Toto napětí odráží minulé i současné procesy vytváření národa ve střední a východní Evropě, historické politické vztahy mezi socialistickým Československem a Sovětským svazem a migrační procesy v období po roce 1989. Kniha nabízí nový vhled do kulturního repertoáru českého imigračního kontextu a vyjednávání hranic češství.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Stigma, symbolic boundaries and the everyday politics of belonging

The Brother of the Other: Immigrants from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia in the Czech Republic

Negotiation of stigma and symbolic boundaries in narrative interviews

Outline of the book

Chapter 1 CONTEXTUALIZING POST-1989 MIGRATIONFROM BELARUS, RUSSIA AND UKRAINETO THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The Czech Republic as an immigration country?

The context of reception for immigrants in the Czech Republic: Scrutinizing migration research

The formation of research on migrationin the Czech Republic

Migration as a constitutive elementof post-1989 changes: Towards a natural orderof migration and diversity

Framing the "integration of migrants":From (unnatural) homogeneity to (risky) diversity

Immigration from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to the Czech Republic

Research on migration from Belarus, Ukraineand Russia to the Czech Republic

Exploring migration trajectories from Belarus, Ukraineand Russia to Czechia

Chapter 2 NEGOTIATING IMMIGRANT STIGMA:PERFORMING ALTERNATIVE VISIBILITIES

Experiencing migrancy: Undesirable visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Representation of the immigration contextin the narrative interviews

Other migrants, migrants' others: Socialization intothe hierarchies of difference in the Czech immigration context

Reducing undesirable visibility: Passing as the more privileged

Performing alternative visibilities

The good workers: Work ethic, skills and legality

"We don't live in closed communities": Openness and adaptability

"It must be in your character": Performing individual adaptability

Chapter 3" THE RETURN OF THE RUSSIANS":NEGOTIATING THE CULTURAL TRAUMA OF "1968".

From the Brother to the Other? "Russians" and the politics of belonging in Czechia after 1989

The cultural trauma of "1968"

On becoming perpetrators: the "perpetrators" meet the "victims"

Whose guilt?

Responses to the stigma of the perpetrators:Differentiation and individualization

Time heals all wounds?

Rejection of the stigma of the perpetrators

Final reflection: Immigration from the former Soviet Union to post-1989 Czech Republic, the cultural trauma of "1968" and a postcolonial perspective on migration

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

Selection of the research participants

Data collection and analysis

Brief characterization of the research participants

APPENDIX B: SEVERAL MEANSTO AVOID INCONVENIENCE ABROAD

FIGURES AND TABLES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 23, 2018).

ISBN:

9788021085787

8021085789