02626oam 2200637Ia 450 991078282730332120231114173119.00-19-771382-30-19-988909-01-282-05401-597866120540130-19-972838-02027/heb05061(CKB)1000000000747134(EBL)431330(SSID)ssj0000176730(PQKBManifestationID)11182940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176730(PQKBWorkID)10206251(PQKB)10781038(Au-PeEL)EBL431330(CaPaEBR)ebr10288288(CaONFJC)MIL205401(OCoLC)368265257(dli)HEB05061(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000701(MiAaPQ)EBC431330(EXLCZ)99100000000074713420090224d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImagining the Balkans /Maria TodorovaUpdated ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (xi, 273 pages)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 century949.61015Todorova Marii͡a Nikolaeva458950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782827303321Imagining the Balkans176686UNINA