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This book offers innovative perspectives on the intersections between history and memory in Central and Eastern European borderlands. It focuses on the case of Latgale, the multicultural region of eastern Latvia which borders Russia, Belarus and Lithuania, and explores the multiple layers of memories and historical narratives about this borderland in Latvian public history. Based on a detailed analysis of national and regional museums, as well as material from interviews and an expert survey, the study examines how different actors and projects negotiate the borderland’s complex history and attempt to shape it into meaningful narratives in the present. Moving beyond binary ethnolinguistic approaches of “Latvian” versus “Russian” interpretations of the past, a more nuanced analytical framework is developed that compares state-level constructions of national master-narratives, the uses of history for local region-building, the persistence of Soviet official narratives, and transnational initiatives aimed at transcending the conceptual borders of the nation-state. The reader will find this to be a fascinating study into the little-known case of Latgale and a valuable contribution to the broader research fields of memory politics and borderlands in the post-Soviet space.

Latgale (Latvia) --- History. --- Historiography. --- history, memory, historical memory, borderlands, ethnic minorities, multicultural studies, regional studies, Latvia, Latgale

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Creative Frictions explores the relationship between visionary aspects of practice and policy. Despite over 30 years of arts and cultural policy attention, there remains a widespread view among the general public and artists alike that creative production does not reflect Australia's culturally diverse population.

The arts: general issues --- Cultural studies --- Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies --- Public administration --- multicultural --- arts policy --- NESB artists --- diversity --- representation --- Australia --- Australie --- Cultural policy. --- Politique culturelle.

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La question des minorités politiques pendant la Révolution française est un sujet neuf dans une historiographie, pourtant, très riche. En effet, la réflexion des contributions réunies dans cet ouvrage porte sur la nouvelle acception du terme « minorités » à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Qu’est-ce qu’être minoritaire ? Pourquoi et comment le devient-on ? Quelle part faire à la fluctuation des majorités politiques successives alors même que la Révolution a promu l'unité nationale, sur la base de l’intégration de tous les citoyens ? Au centre de cette nation nouvelle, le peuple souverain, représenté parfois sous les traits d'Hercule, balaie d'une chiquenaude ses divers ennemis. Au-delà de la guerre contre toutes les monarchies européennes et toutes les forces réactionnaires, la démocratie qui se construit en France depuis la rupture de 1789 avec l’Ancien Régime nous interroge sur notre citoyenneté actuelle.

Minorities --- Political activity --- History --- France --- Societies, etc. --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Clubs --- activité politique --- minorités --- politique --- gouvernement --- 1789-1815

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Most importantly, the book shows how literature constitutes an alternative public sphere for Black people. In a society largely controlled by white supremacist actors and institutions, Black authors have conjured fiction into a space where hard questions can be asked and answered and where the work of combatting collective, racist suppression can occur without replicating oppressive hierarchies. Intimate Antagonisms uncovers a key theme in Black fiction and argues that literature itself is a vital institutional site within Black life. Through the examination of intimate conflicts in a wide array of twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels, Blake demonstrates the centrality of intraracial relations to the complexity and vision of Black social movements and liberation struggles and the power and promise of Black narrative in reshaping struggle.

Social justice --- Equality --- Justice --- Western Hemisphere --- Hemisphere, Western --- New World --- Earth (Planet) --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- History --- 20th century --- 21st century --- novels --- ethnic minorities --- black studies --- colonialism --- latin america --- USA --- literary studies

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"This edited volume traces the rise of far right vigilante movements - some who have been involved in serious violence against minorities, migrants and other vulnerable groups in society, whereas other vigilantes are intimidating but avoid using violence. Written by an international team of contributors, the book features case studies from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, and Asia. Each chapter is written to a common research template examining the national social and political context, the purpose of the vigilante group, how it is organised and operates, its communications and social media strategy and its relationship to mainstream social actors and institutions, and to similar groups in other countries. The final comparative chapter explores some of the broader research issues such as under which conditions such vigiliantism emerges, flourishes or fails, policing approaches, masculinity, the role of social media, responses from the state and civil society, and the evidence of transnational co-operation or inspiration. This is a groundbreaking volume which will be of particular interest to scholars with an interest in the extreme right, social movements, political violence, policing and criminology"--

Immigrants --- Minorities --- Vigilantes --- Vigilance committees --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Aliens --- Violence against