Overview
This book deals with the spatial concepts of Lithuania and other geo-images that either ""competed"" in the nineteenth century with the term Lithuania or were of a different taxonomic level (Samogitia, Prussia's Lithuania, Lithuania Minor, Poland, the Western Region, the Northwest Region, Lita/Lite, Belarus, East Prussia etc.). The Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Belarusian, Jewish, and German geo-images of this territory are analyzed in separate chapters of this volume. The spatial and topographical turns, especially the innovative perspective suggested by French Marxist Henri Lefebvre to look at the (social) space as a product of social creativity, research on so-called mental maps, postcolonial studies, and nationalism studies provided some theoretical background as well as analytical approaches for the studies published in this volume.
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Author: Darius Stalinas
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.860kg
ISBN: 9781618115324
ISBN 10: 1618115324
Pages: 478
Publication Date: 19 January 2017
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This fascinating volume offers much more than is promised by the title-Darius Staliunas and his colleagues analyze the place of Lithuania on the mental maps of various ethnic groups, in various concepts of nation and state building in Eastern Europe. The book is the must for everybody who is interested in history of Eastern Europe and in mental mapping or imagined geography as a specific field of historical research. - Alexey Miller, European University in Saint-Petersburg
The research that went into this book is truly impressive. ... This book will undoubtedly become the standard work on this subject for a long time to come.--Journal of Baltic Studies Darius Staliunas and his co-authors make an excellent and detailed contribution to the study of the spatialities of national identities with their explorations and explanations of Lithuanian national identity and territory as they emerged and crystalized during the nineteenth century, the age of nationalism. Rather than treat space and territory as unrelated backdrops to national identities, Staliunas et al. bring these concepts to the forefront and demonstrate how they are instrumental in shaping national identities. . . .the work overall is a great contribution to scholarly literature because it illustrates the role that spatial relationships and conceptions play in the emergence, growth, and development of national identities. The Lithuanian case may seem an unusual example for advancing such arguments. However, through their meticulous work, Staliunas et al. thoroughly demonstrate that the Lithuanian case brilliantly illustrates broader, more universal processes. --George W. White, South Dakota State University, Journal of Historical Geography xxx (2017) 1-2
""Darius Staliūnas and his co-authors make an excellent and detailed contribution to the study of the spatialities of national identities with their explorations and explanations of Lithuanian national identity and territory as they emerged and crystalized during the nineteenth century, the age of nationalism. Rather than treat space and territory as unrelated backdrops to national identities, Staliūnas et al. bring these concepts to the forefront and demonstrate how they are instrumental in shaping national identities. . . .the work overall is a great contribution to scholarly literature because it illustrates the role that spatial relationships and conceptions play in the emergence, growth, and development of national identities. The Lithuanian case may seem an unusual example for advancing such arguments. However, through their meticulous work, Staliūnas et al. thoroughly demonstrate that the Lithuanian case brilliantly illustrates broader, more universal processes."" -- George W. White, South Dakota State University, Journal of Historical Geography xxx (2017) 1-2 The research that went into this book is truly impressive. ... This book will undoubtedly become the standard work on this subject for a long time to come. * Journal of Baltic Studies * “This book is a great example of interdisciplinary research that goes over the accepted boundaries of the national narrative. Thanks to this, Staliunas’s edited volume is an important component for every version of [Lithuanian] national historiography. Its authors’ methodological approach uncovers the multivalence of national myths and highlights the importance of the global context that helps overcome ‘methodological nationalism.’” —Gennady Korolev, Ab Imperio
Author Information
Darius Stalinas is the author of Making Russians. Meaning and Practice of Russification in Lithuania and Belarus after 1863 (Amsterdam/New York, NY: Rodopi, 2007); Enemies for a Day: Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Violence in Lithuania under the Tsars (Budapest/New York: CEU Press, 2015); and Lithuanian Nationalism and the Vilnius Question, 1883-1940 (Marburg: Herder-Institut, 2015; co-author Dangiras Maiulis). Since 2000 Stalinas has been a deputy director at Lithuanian Institute of History. He teaches at Vilnius and Klaipda universities. His research interests include issues of Russian nationality policy in the so-called Northwestern Region (Lithuania and Belorussia), ethnic conflicts, as well as problems of historiography and places of memory in Lithuania.
