02472nam 2200589Ia 450 991045448430332120191030193359.01-282-05401-597866120540130-19-972838-0(CKB)1000000000747134(EBL)431330(SSID)ssj0000176730(PQKBManifestationID)11182940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176730(PQKBWorkID)10206251(PQKB)10781038(MiAaPQ)EBC431330(Au-PeEL)EBL431330(CaPaEBR)ebr10288288(CaONFJC)MIL205401(OCoLC)368265257(EXLCZ)99100000000074713420090224d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImagining the Balkans[electronic resource] /Maria TodorovaUpdated ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (288 p.)Previous ed.: 1997.0-19-538786-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-266) and index.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; IndexImagining 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.Balkan PeninsulaHistoryBalkan PeninsulaHistoriographyBalkan PeninsulaHistory19th centuryBalkan PeninsulaHistory20th centuryElectronic books.949.61015Todorova Marii͡a Nikolaeva458950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454484303321Imagining the Balkans176686UNINA