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Autore |
Todorova Marii͡a Nikolaeva |
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Titolo |
Imagining the Balkans [[electronic resource] /] / Maria Todorova |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-05401-5 |
9786612054013 |
0-19-972838-0 |
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Edizione |
[Updated ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Balkan Peninsula History |
Balkan Peninsula Historiography |
Balkan Peninsula History 19th century |
Balkan Peninsula History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-266) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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