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- Title
A Moldovan 'sheep'? - framing Moldovan passivity.
- Authors
Humă, Roxana Adina
- Abstract
This article offers a different perspective for understanding Moldovan discourses of passivity by turning its attention to representations of national identity. Its main focus is a Moldovan ballad, Mioriţa, and the way in which it discursively both frames and legitimises inaction. It builds on the idea that Mioriţa is a central part of the way in which Moldovans represent their identity with respect to the writings of Ion Druţă, its main promoter in Moldovan society. More importantly, the ballad is conceptually linked to national characteristics such as lamentation and kindness, characteristics that can be summed up under the headline of 'passivity'. Thus, drawing from constructivist and post-structuralist approaches, the article stresses how these elements inform the Moldovan view of the self, its identity and even its representations of foreign affairs, framing the Moldovan lack of agency on a discursive level.
- Subjects
MOLDOVA; NATIONALISM; MOLDOVAN politics &; government; NATIONAL character; MOLDOVANS; POLITICAL participation; TWENTY-first century
- Publication
Nations & Nationalism, 2015, Vol 21, Issue 3, p503
- ISSN
1354-5078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nana.12125