The hierarchy of “othering”: Belarusian media practitioners’ accounts

Miazhevich, Galina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9233-7097 2023. The hierarchy of “othering”: Belarusian media practitioners’ accounts. Powers, Matthew, ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.1329)

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Abstract

Belarus—a western periphery of the former Soviet Union—remains overlooked by the scholarly research. Regarded as the periphery to an integral Russian imperial state, rather than a colony proper, Belarus remains a blind spot in post-Soviet identity studies. Generally overlooked or overshadowed by the two larger neighboring states of Ukraine and, especially, Russia it attracts attention for the type of governance established by its current president, Lukashenka, or its “undeveloped” national identity. However, this article goes beyond this formulation of Belarusian identity in negative terms, which views the country as a “denationalized nation” or emphasizes its anachronistic “Sovietization” or Sovietness . It advocates repositioning “Belarusianness” at the core of the post-Soviet experience as a unique case illuminating the dilemmas of post-Soviet nationhood and the enduring legacies of Soviet multiculturalism.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 February 2025
Date of Acceptance:	20 September 2023
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2025 16:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/176477

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