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Localness and Mobility in Belarusian Nationalism: The Tactic of Tuteishaść*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Alexander Pershai
Alexander Pershai*
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Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, University of Western Ontario, Somerville House, UWO, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada. Email: [email protected]
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Every nation has its own ways of telling its national story. Such narratives attempt to incorporate and explain the terms of a nation's history, culture, language, territory, economic welfare, and its citizens' sense of belonging. Some national stories are more complicated than others and require specific terminology to describe their nation and its “other.” Belarus is one of these complicated cases. Belarusian national character is often defined by the concept of tuteishaść, or “localness,” by which the people of Belarus identify themselves in relation to other nations and countries.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 85 - 103
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Copyright © 2008 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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