Imagining the Balkans
(Sprache: Englisch)
Imagining the Balkans examines how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into a powerful and widespread pejorative designation. In a new afterword, Maria Todorova discusses the reaction to her dubbing of the term Balkanism and recent events in the Balkans.
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Imagining the Balkans examines how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into a powerful and widespread pejorative designation. In a new afterword, Maria Todorova discusses the reaction to her dubbing of the term Balkanism and recent events in the Balkans.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Imagining the Balkans “
PREFACE ; Introduction: Balkanism and Orientalism: Are They Different Categories? ; Ch 1: The Balkans: Nomen ; Ch 2: "Balkans" as Self-designation ; Ch 3: The Discovery of the Balkans ; Ch 4: Patterns of Perception until 1900 ; Ch 5: From Discovery to Invention, from Invention to Classification ; Ch 6: Between Classification and Politics: The Balkans and the Myth of Central Europe ; Ch 7: The Balkans: Realia-Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de hors-texte? ; CONCLUSION ; AFTERWORD TO THE UPDATED EDITION ; NOTES/ BIBLIOGRAPHY/ INDEX
Autoren-Porträt von Maria N. Todorova
Maria Todorova is Gutgsell Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Maria N. Todorova
- 2010, updated edition, XI, 273 Seiten, Masse: 15,6 x 22,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0195387864
- ISBN-13: 9780195387865
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Imagining the Balkans “
"Outstanding."--Misha Glenny, London Review of Books"Passionate, learned, entertaining, polemical, ambitious, courageous."--Slavic Review"Contains many brilliant insights and always displays the author's enormous erudition."--CHOICE"Todorova's book is a passionate, provocative, and necessary attempt to retrace the construction of a pejorative image of the Balkans."--Nicholas J. Miller, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Full of challenging ideas, forcefully presented opinions, references for further reading, and enlightening observations."-Gale Stokes, H-Net"By far the best work of historiography on the region."- Tomislav Z. Longinovic, Lingua Franca
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