Identities and Representations in Georgia from the 19th Century to the Present

Hubertus Jahn

ISBN 10: 3110659271 / ISBN 13: 9783110659276

Published by De Gruyter, De Gruyter Oldenbourg Apr 2025, 2025

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Neuware -This interdisciplinary volume explores various identities and their expressions in Georgia from the early 19th century to the present. It focuses on memory culture, the politics of history, and the relations between imperial and national traditions. It also addresses political, social, cultural, personal, religious, and gender identities. Individual contributions address the imperial scenarios of Russia's tsars visiting the Caucasus, Georgian political romanticism, specific aspects of the feminist movement and of pedagogical reform projects before 1917. Others discuss the personality cult of Stalin, the role of the museum built for the Soviet dictator in his hometown Gori, and Georgian nationalism in the uprising of 1956. Essays about the Abkhaz independence movement, the political role of national saints, post-Soviet identity crises, atheist sub-cultures, and current perceptions of citizenship take the volume into the contemporary period.Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 208 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Identities and Representations in Georgia from the 19th Century to the Present
• Publisher: De Gruyter, De Gruyter Oldenbourg Apr 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110659271
• ISBN 13: 9783110659276
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 159H x 21D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 159 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 516 grams

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Synopsis

This interdisciplinary volume explores various identities and their expressions in Georgia from the early 19th century to the present. It focuses on memory culture, the politics of history, and the relations between imperial and national traditions. It also addresses political, social, cultural, personal, religious, and gender identities. Individual contributions address the imperial scenarios of Russia’s tsars visiting the Caucasus, Georgian political romanticism, specific aspects of the feminist movement and of pedagogical reform projects before 1917. Others discuss the personality cult of Stalin, the role of the museum built for the Soviet dictator in his hometown Gori, and Georgian nationalism in the uprising of 1956. Essays about the Abkhaz independence movement, the political role of national saints, post-Soviet identity crises, atheist sub-cultures, and current perceptions of citizenship take the volume into the contemporary period.

About the Author

Hubertus Jahn, University of Cambridge.