Desire and Modesty in Post-Soviet Expectation for the Western Standard of Life: Contrasting and Empowering Narratives of Latvian Emigrants and Latvians who Stayed at Home
Iveta Ķešāne
Abstract:Post-Soviet subjects have often been portrayed as ‘winners’ or ‘losers’ of post-Soviet transformations, where those socioeconomically successful are seen as winners while the socioeconomically weak are losers. Such language of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ carry neoliberal scripts of success, which are based on the western upper-middle-class standard. The ideas of neoliberalism also dictated the post-Soviet transformations in Latvia. From the perspective of meaning-making and emotion, this research seeks to complicat… Show more
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