Этнiчная iдэнтыфiкацыя i катэгарызацыя беларусаў i лiтоўцаў у ХIХ стагоддзi
Ethnic identification and categorization of Belarusians and Lithuanians in the 19th century

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the basic principles and instruments of ethnic identification and categorization of Belarusians and Lithuanians in the 19th century. The methodological basis of the study is the position of constructivist theory of studying the phenomenon of ethnicity, which considers ethnic groups in the context of the social construction of their identities. The article focuses on how the categorization of Belarusians and Lithuanians took place in the scientific discourse of the 19th century and, accordingly, how the symbolic boundaries between them were constructed and interpreted as ethnic by researchers.

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