Imagining the Balkans
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Overview
If the Balkans hadn't existed, they would have been invented was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. Over ten years ago, Maria Todorova traced the relationship between the reality and the invention. Based on a rich selection of travelogues,
diplomatic accounts, academic surveys, journalism, and belles-lettres in many languages, Imagining the Balkans explored the ontology of the Balkans from the sixteenth century to the present day, uncovering the ways in which an insidious intellectual tradition was constructed, became mythologized,
and is still being transmitted as discourse.
Balkans. The afterword explores the controversy over Todorova's coining of the term Balkanism. With this work, Todorova offers a timely, updated, accessible study of how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into one of the most powerful and widespread pejorative designations in modern
history.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780195387865
- ISBN-10: 0195387864
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publish Date: April 2009
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
- Page Count: 288