Russian as a Transnational Language: Resonance, Remembrance, Renewal

This collection contributes to emerging work in critical sociolinguistics, using a multidisciplinary and\r\nmultiscalar approach to understanding the diasporic experience in the Russian-speaking world.\r\n\r\nThe volume expands on research in the sociolinguistics of mobility, multilingualism, and diaspora studies. It\r\ncritically examines the ways in which transnational Russian identities are perceived and discursively enacted\r\nin online and offline spaces, and how this interplay contributes to diasporic identification across the globe. In\r\nhighlighting a range of critical methodologies at multiple scalar levels - across family, national, and global\r\nlines - the book raises key questions about what binds and distinguishes individuals belonging to diverse\r\ncommunities of Russian speakers. It likewise interrogates established notions of memory, nostalgia,\r\nauthenticity, and belonging, as well as perceptions of futurity and change.\r\n\r\nThis book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language\r\nand education, and linguistic anthropology.