Imagining the Balkans /
Todorova, Marii︠a︡ Nikolaeva,
Imagining the Balkans / Maria Todorova. - Updated ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) - [CRKN ebooks] [MyiLibrary] . - [CRKN ebooks]. [MyiLibrary] .
Previous edition: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-266) and index.
Introduction: Balkanism and Orientalism: Are They Different Categories?; 1. The Balkans: Nomen; 2. "Balkans" as Self-designation; 3. The Discovery of the Balkans; 4. Patterns of Perception until 1900; 5. From Discovery to Invention, from Invention to Classification; 6. Between Classification and Politics: The Balkans and the Myth of Central Europe; 7. The Balkans: Realia-Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de hors-texte?; Conclusion; Afterword to the Updated Edition; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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.
9780199728381 (electronic bk.) 0199728380 (electronic bk.) 9780195387865 (pbk.) 0195387864 (pbk.) 9786612054013 6612054018
9786612054013
205401 MIL
1800-1999
HISTORY--General.
Historiography.
Balkan Peninsula.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Balkan Peninsula--Historiography.
Balkan Peninsula--History--19th century.
Balkan Peninsula--History--20th century.
Balkans--Historiographie.
Balkans--Histoire--19e siècle.
Balkans--Histoire--20e siècle.
Balkan Peninsula.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
DR34 / .T63 2009eb
949.61015
Imagining the Balkans / Maria Todorova. - Updated ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) - [CRKN ebooks] [MyiLibrary] . - [CRKN ebooks]. [MyiLibrary] .
Previous edition: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-266) and index.
Introduction: Balkanism and Orientalism: Are They Different Categories?; 1. The Balkans: Nomen; 2. "Balkans" as Self-designation; 3. The Discovery of the Balkans; 4. Patterns of Perception until 1900; 5. From Discovery to Invention, from Invention to Classification; 6. Between Classification and Politics: The Balkans and the Myth of Central Europe; 7. The Balkans: Realia-Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de hors-texte?; Conclusion; Afterword to the Updated Edition; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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.
9780199728381 (electronic bk.) 0199728380 (electronic bk.) 9780195387865 (pbk.) 0195387864 (pbk.) 9786612054013 6612054018
9786612054013
205401 MIL
1800-1999
HISTORY--General.
Historiography.
Balkan Peninsula.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Balkan Peninsula--Historiography.
Balkan Peninsula--History--19th century.
Balkan Peninsula--History--20th century.
Balkans--Historiographie.
Balkans--Histoire--19e siècle.
Balkans--Histoire--20e siècle.
Balkan Peninsula.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
DR34 / .T63 2009eb
949.61015