Culture And Customs Of The Baltic States

Author : Kevin C. O'Connor Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313014840

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Culture and Customs of the Baltic States by Kevin C. O'Connor Ph.D. Pdf

The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are thriving after hundreds of years of German colonization, numerous wars of conquest, and demographic Russification. Their cultures have survived, perhaps through a conscious effort to sustain many of their most ancient customs and traditions. Though the Baltic States are responding to modern and postmodern international trends, contemporary developments in the region's cultural life are part of an ongoing conversation about the way in which the Balts understand their histories, destinies, and national identities. This timely overview of the reemerging states portrays the Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians as they see themselves—through a historical lens. The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are thriving after hundreds of years of German colonization, numerous wars of conquest, and demographic Russification. Their cultures have survived, perhaps through a conscious effort to sustain many of their most ancient customs and traditions. Though the Baltic States are responding to modern and postmodern international trends, contemporary developments in the region's cultural life are part of an ongoing conversation about the way in which the Balts understand their own histories, destines, and national identities. This timely overview of the reemerging states portrays the Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians as they see themselves—through a historical lens. The approach in each of the topical chapters is to generalize what is common among the three states and then to focus on each country in turn. Chapters on the land, people, and history; religion; marriage, family, gender, and education; holidays, cuisine, and leisure activities; language, folklore, and literature; media and cinema; performing arts; and art are a superb introduction to the Baltics and to the unique aspects of the countries. Lithuania's culture has been heavily influenced by Poland, and the capital, Vilnius, was a thriving center of Jewish learning until the Nazi years. Latvia is the most ethnically diverse and Russian-influenced. Estonia sees itself as a European country, indeed, Scandinavian.

Author : Witold Maciejewski
Publisher : Baltic University Press
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Baltic Sea Region
ISBN : 9789197357982

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The Baltic Sea Region by Witold Maciejewski Pdf

Author : Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1315203448

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Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States by Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath Pdf

"This ;book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings, the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind of place, inferior to sophisticated cuisines of the West and exotic diets in the East. Such views stem from the long intellectual tradition that focuses on political and cultural centers as sources of progress. But, as a new generation of writers has argued, in order to fully grasp the ongoing cultural and political changes, we need to shift the focus from capital cities such as Paris, Berlin, Rome, or Moscow to everyday life in borderland regions that are primary arenas where such transformations unfold. Building on this perspective, chapters featured in this ;book examine how identities were negotiated through the implementation of new food laws, how tastes were reinvented during imperial encounters, and how ethnic and class boundaries were both maintained and transgressed in Baltic kitchens over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In so doing, the ;book not only explores culinary practices across the region, but also offers a new vantage point for understanding everyday life and the entanglement between nature and culture in modern Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Clare Thomson
Publisher : Bravo Limited
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781857336160

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Estonia - Culture Smart! by Clare Thomson Pdf

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include: * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken

Author : Lara Belonogoff
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781857336122

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Lithuania - Culture Smart! by Lara Belonogoff Pdf

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include: * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken

Author : Defense Dept., Air Force, United States Air Force Culture and Language Center
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0160936977

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Expeditionary Culture Field Guide: Latvia by Defense Dept., Air Force, United States Air Force Culture and Language Center Pdf

The Expeditionary Culture Field Guides (ECFGs) are pocket-size handbooks packed with invaluable cultural information. The guides are designed to help US forces achieve mission success in culturally complex environments. The fundamental information contained within will help you understand the cultural dimension of your assigned location and gain skills necessary for success. This Guide consists of 2 Parts: Part 1 "Culture General" provides the foundational knowledge needed to operate effectively in any global environment with a focus on the Baltic States. Part 2 "Culture Specific" describes unique cultures features of Latvian society. It applies culture-general concepts to help increase your knowledge of your deployment location. This section is designed to complement other pre-deployment training.

Author : Culture Smart!,Shipley Neil
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787022898

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Sweden - Culture Smart! by Culture Smart!,Shipley Neil Pdf

Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Sweden is a strikingly beautiful country with a reverence for the natural environment. Its extremes in geography, climate, and history have given rise to a population that values honesty, self-sufficiency, and harmony. Swedes are a rights-driven, modern, and tech-savvy people who also retain a deep respect for their own cultural legacy. A good background knowledge of the beliefs and values that make up the Swedish way of life will prove invaluable for anyone hoping to do more than just scratch the surface. Culture Smart! Sweden offers insights into the lives and personalities of the Swedes today, along with tips on socializing, communication, and how to make the most of your time there. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Author : Kjetil Duvold,Sten Berglund,Joakim Ekman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030218447

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Political Culture in the Baltic States by Kjetil Duvold,Sten Berglund,Joakim Ekman Pdf

The book is the first systematic and comparative effort to capture political culture in the Baltic countries, including political orientation and support for democracy. Revolving around public opinion data from the 1990s and onwards, including two recent surveys commissioned by the authors, the book takes stock of the political climate prevailing in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania a quarter of a century after reclaiming independence and fifteen years after becoming members of NATO and the EU. These three countries share the same geopolitical fate and many contemporary challenges, and yet each has been marked by their own transitions and struggles between nation building and European integration, Western and post-Soviet orientations, and past experience and future aspirations.

Author : Kersti Markus
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004426177

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Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, 1100-1250 by Kersti Markus Pdf

In Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, Kersti Markus examines how visual rhetoric was used by the Danish rulers as an instrument in establishing supremacy in the region during the Baltic crusades.

Author : Anu Mai Kll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058105944

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The Baltic Countries Under Occupation by Anu Mai Kll Pdf

"This volume is a first attempt to describe the occupation years of the three Baltic republics in a joint effort and a variety of different perspectives. The ways and means of occupation, including deportations and ethnic cleansing are discussed, together with problems of collaboration. Cultural values were lost through war and occupation. Minorities, long living in the area, were attacked and differences between new and old minorities arose. The impact of occupations on culture forms an important part of the contributions. The values and modes of thinking are analyzed in a number of ways. The final section addresses the modalities of silent, persistent resistance, in particular youth culture, but also the adherence to national traditions. The new movements arising in the 1980s are represented the by the environmentalists."

Author : Mai-Brith Schartau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Baltic States
ISBN : 3830526717

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Political Culture by Mai-Brith Schartau Pdf

Reconciling the diversity of political cultures, values and national identities with the European integration project is one of the most fundamental challenges contemporary Europe is facing. This challenge is readily apparent in the Baltic Sea region with its mosaic of peoples, cultures and identities. The impact of the ongoing process of European integration on the post-Communist societies on the Eastern rim of the Baltic Sea is indisputable. The negotiations between the European Union and the East European candidate countries were in fact accompanied by a large scale transfer of organizational models and administrative routines designed to protect human rights and promote democracy. But European integration is just one of the challenges confronting countries, which are also engaged in state- and nation-building as well as democratic consolidation. The countries on the Western rim of the Baltic Sea have also been exposed to the increasing pressure of globalization and European integration. The three former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been up against yet another challenge. After almost half a century of Soviet tutelage, they now have to engage in independent state- and nation-building. Theoretically, this made Baltic democracy particularly fragile. Yet the Baltic countries have also passed this litmus test. This book may in fact be seen as a tribute to the Baltic democracy. It is different from the democracy in the Nordic countries; it is different from the democracy in neighbouring Central Europe, but it is readily apparent that we are dealing with variations on a common theme.aReiheThe Baltic Sea Region: Nordic Dimensions - European Perspectives - Band 8"

Author : Endre Bojtar
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9639116424

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Foreword to The Past by Endre Bojtar Pdf

Over time at least four meanings have been attributed to the term 'Baltic' - drawing on thirty years of extensive research, Foreword to the Past is the first modern introduction to the enigma of the Baltic origins and the self-identification of the Baltic people. The book is divided into three distinctive parts: the first part recounts the history of the Baltic peoples relying on archaeological sources; the second part provides an objective linguistic history and a description of the Baltic languages; the third part provides an original and fresh insight into mythology in the ancient history of the Baltic peoples.

Author : Bernd Henningsen,Tobias Etzold,Krister Hanne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Baltic Sea Region
ISBN : 3830517483

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The Baltic Sea Region, a Comprehensive Guide by Bernd Henningsen,Tobias Etzold,Krister Hanne Pdf

"The Baltic Sea Region, at the crossroads between East and West, North and South, has long been marked by cultural, ethnical and ideological borders. Overcoming a history of conflict and separation, since the end of the Cold War the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea established widely valued formats of regional cooperation based on shared challenges and opportunities. In comparison with larger regions, however, the Baltic Sea Area is still a blank spot on the global map. This volume's intention is to fill this spot with colour and facts. It provides students, young researchers and other interested parties with basic knowledge of the region. The volume offers a comprehensive introduction into its history, politics, economy and culture, taking into account the various countries' commonalities and differences. By introducing concepts of regionalism and region-building, as well as analysing the structures of regional cooperation the authors and editors demonstrate the Baltic Sea Area's model function as a European macro-region."--

Author : United States Air Force Culture and Language Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Cultural awareness
ISBN : LCCN:2017392939

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Expeditionary Culture Field Guide by United States Air Force Culture and Language Center Pdf

"This guide is designed to help prepare you for deployment to culturally complex environments and successfully achieve mission objectives. ... The guide consists of two parts: Part 1 is the "culture general," section, which provides the foundational knowledge you need to operate effectively in any global environment with a focus on the Baltic States. Part 2 is the "culture specific" section, which describes unique cultural features of Estonian society. It applies culture-general concepts to help increase your knowledge of your assigned deployment location. This section is meant to complement other pre-deployment training."--P. [2] of cover.

Author : Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351788038

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Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States by Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath Pdf

This book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings, the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind of place, inferior to sophisticated cuisines of the West and exotic diets in the East. Such views stem from the long intellectual tradition that focuses on political and cultural centers as sources of progress. But, as a new generation of writers has argued, in order to fully grasp the ongoing cultural and political changes, we need to shift the focus from capital cities such as Paris, Berlin, Rome, or Moscow to everyday life in borderland regions that are primary arenas where such transformations unfold. Building on this perspective, chapters featured in this book examine how identities were negotiated through the implementation of new food laws, how tastes were reinvented during imperial encounters, and how ethnic and class boundaries were both maintained and transgressed in Baltic kitchens over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In so doing, the book not only explores culinary practices across the region, but also offers a new vantage point for understanding everyday life and the entanglement between nature and culture in modern Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies.