Between Physicality and Symbolism: Kyiv as a Contested Territory in Russian and Ukrainian Émigré Letters, 1920-1939

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dc.contributor.authorSoroka, Mykola
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-24T09:49:04Z
dc.date.available2018-12-24T09:49:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe paper deals with visions of Kyiv in the writings of Russian and Ukrainian émigré writers during the interwar period. The city became a focal point of intensive intellectual debate whose participants regarded Kyiv not only as a place of a recent battleground but also as a sacral place and a highly symbolic image. Within the methodological framework of ethnic symbolism, this study attempts to explain how this physical/symbolic dichotomy was used to reinforce continuing claims for historical origin and cultural heritage, thus serving the contemporary purpose of national identity and political legitimacy. It also deploys the concept of displacement as a complex process of negotiation between homeland and hostland within an émigré community - whose sense of loss and identity crisis creates additional impetus, though in different forms, for exploiting historical narratives.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSoroka M. Iv. Between Physicality and Symbolism: Kyiv as a Contested Territory in Russian and Ukrainian Émigré Letters, 1920-1939 / Mykola Iv. Soroka // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2018. - No. 5 : Cross-Cultural Connections and Displacement in Ukraine and Beyond. - P. 143-159.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2313-4895
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/14967
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj150394.2018-5.143-159
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2018. - No. 5 : Cross-Cultural Connections and Displacement in Ukraine and Beyonden_US
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectRussian-Ukrainian relationshipen_US
dc.subjectethnic symbolismen_US
dc.subjectdisplacementen_US
dc.subjectemigre writingen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleBetween Physicality and Symbolism: Kyiv as a Contested Territory in Russian and Ukrainian Émigré Letters, 1920-1939en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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