Description:
During the controversial 2004 elections that led to the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, cultural and linguistic differences threatened to break apart the country. Contested Tongues explains the complex linguistic and cultural politics in a bilingual...
Brief description: Laada Bilaniuk is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington.
Review Quotes:
"A thorough and insightful account of the struggle of linguistic and social values brought to the fore by Ukrainian independence. The book is well grounded in the history of language policies and practices in the country, and it makes clear to the readers what is at stake in the differentiation or rapprochement of two related Slavic languages."
--Anna Fournier, Russian Review, January 2007