The Problem of the Ukrainian Ethnonational Identity in the USA in Works of Myron Kuropas

Abstract

The article considers the opinions of Myron Kuropas about Ukrainians’ ethnonational identity in the USA. The purpose of the article is to highlight Myron Kuropas points of view on the process of the Ukrainian ethnonational identity formation in the USA. In the research such general scholarly methods as analysis, synthesis and others were applied together with special methods such as problematical and chronological methods, that help to examine the stages of the Ukrainian migrants ethnonational identity formation in the USA; historical and comparative methods, that help to describe the emigration process of different periods. The author outlines the opinions of Myron Kuropas about Ukrainians’ ethnonational identity in the USA and analyses the process of transformation of migrants’ ethnonational identity. It is concluded that this process was extensive, since the person was influenced by economic, political, religious and other factors.