Claiming the ‘right to a happy Soviet childhood’

Discursive enactment of memory citizenship among Russian-speakers in Estonia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11263489
AutoresPiia Tammpuu (0000-0002-2056-9048, University of Tartu, autor de correspondencia), Jānis Juzefovičs (0000-0001-7285-1806, University of Tartu), Külliki Seppel (0000-0003-3188-2483, University of Tartu)
Año2020
Volumen51
Número2
Páginas243-260
Fecha de publicación2020-04-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01629778.2020.1746677
OpenAlexW3015899235
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas40

Drawing on the concept of memory citizenship, this study examines the discursive enactment of citizenship evoked by social contention around memories of the Soviet past among the Russian-speaking minority in Estonia. It scrutinizes the rhetorical strategies and argumentative practices applied by Estonian Russian-speakers in social media discourse to defy the perceived politicization of Soviet childhood and the claim for recognition and inclusion both as mnemonic actors and political subjects. The paper demonstrates the potential of digital and performative modes of citizenship for minority publics to exercise their civic agency beyond conventional realms and forms of political participation

Citizenship · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Russian language · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Science and Policy Research