Ubiquitous identities and elusive subjects: Puzzles from Central Europe

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-101

  Kuus, Merje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Europe; East European studies; Estonia; Identity; Performativity; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846464992     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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