Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms Foreword, by Anoop Nayak Introduction 1. Framing Youth Identities in Russia: The State, Ethnicity and Belonging 2. Ethnocentric Politics in the (Post-)Soviet Context: A Regional Perspective 3. Narratives of Translocation, Dislocation and Location 4. Gendered Armenian and Adygh Identities 5. Situating Youth Cultural Practices and Experiences in the Local Context 6. Conclusion: Youth Cultural Identities Revisited Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Bibliography

About the Author

Andreas Umland is Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for European Security in the Institute of International Relations at Prague, Principal Researcher of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation at Kyiv, and General Editor of the ibidem-Verlag book series Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society.

Reviews

"This is a very valuable contribution to the growing stock of literature on Russian youth. [...] the well-designed comparative setting and a skilful exploitation and analysis of the ethnographic data makes this book an extremely timely and interesting account of the construction of identity of Russian youth. It will be of interest to specialists in that field and everyone interested in the way the new generation in Russia actually experiences the much debated political developments." -- Felix Krawatzek, Oxford University, Europe-Asia Studies: Volume 65/10