This text examines daily life in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine, showing why Ukrainian nationalism and its programme of "Ukrainization" have appealed to the largest Russian diaspora and to millions of Russified Ukrainians. Focusing on schools, festivals, commemorative ceremonies and monuments, Catherine Wanner shows how Soviet-created narratives have been recast to reflect a post-Soviet Ukrainocentric perspective. In the process, the book aims to show how new histories are understood and acted upon. This reveals regional cleavages and the resilience of cultural differences produced by the Soviet regime. For some people, the system they criticized yesterday is the one they long for today.
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"Wanner offers a fascinating look at the realities of life in Soviet and post-Soviet society. Her ambitious synthesis of theory and case study sets the book apart from most of the work being done in this field. Burden of Dreams will be valuable to students and scholars in anthropology, sociology, political science, and post-Communist studies." --Jane Dawson, University of Oregon
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Catherine Wanner is a Lecturer in Anthropology and Political Science at Penn State University.
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"Burden of Dreams" brings the human element in the midst of historical events. The author shows how the fundamental changes in Ukraine has and is effecting the lives of its people, something that cannot be forgotten in any study of this kind. Too often an author focuses on one element, such as politics or economics, and forgets that these changes effect far more than national policies.
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