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.

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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.


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