Abstract
Here, Korablyova takes us through the recent story of Ukraine's struggles for sovereignty and self-definition, contextualized within the country's particular history and geography. In constructing a new self from these temporal and spatial realities, the country's citizens confront a set of tensions.
Korablyova characterizes these tensions as rooted in the country's transitions through historical eras, which she characterizes using the topological metaphors of "Borderland," "Bloodland," and "Neverland." This chapter couches the futuristic aspirations of the Euromaidan movement within the challenges arising from the new, and ever-changing, global position of Ukraine, positioned between competing world powers. Through this, Korablyova questions the applicability of certain familiar theories of the post-1989/1991 political-cultural terrain.