CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Zolotarova, Yelyzaveta |
|---|---|
| Title | Quotidian Realms and Identity Negotiation In Post-War Azerbaijan: A Look Through the Symbols of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War |
| Summary | This work explores a set of elements of everyday life and identity negotiation in post-war Azerbaijan, using six symbols that gained prominence during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War as an analytical tool. Through literature review, ethnographic observation, and testimonies of 12 interviewees this study presents an analysis of the symbols of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in Azerbaijan and of people’s interactions with and attitudes towards these symbols and what they represent. By looking at individuals’ testimonies about the symbols, war, and identity, his work makes a contribution to the studies of identity in Azerbaijan from below. The study indicates that in the post-war setting in Azerbaijan, individuals experienced transformations in their identities that improved their vision of self and the nation; they also experience states that result in difficulty in ridding themselves of the previously established markers of identity, or, contrary to liberation from trauma, they acquire one; lastly, the research demonstrates individuals’ struggle to establish or retain identity amidst and against the quotidian realms of post-war Azerbaijan. The overarching finding suggests that the interpretation of the symbols, the mode of interaction with them, and the potential influence the symbols have in identity-negotiation depend on the internalized needs and demands of the individuals, either formulated independently or as a result of collective meaning-making processes. |
| Supervisor | Ana Mijic |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/zolotarova_yelyzavet.pdf |
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