03641nam 22007453u 450 991079136680332120230928150806.01-282-62776-797866126277671-84545-917-210.1515/9781845459178(CKB)2560000000012077(EBL)544293(OCoLC)645100558(SSID)ssj0000457086(PQKBManifestationID)12141115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457086(PQKBWorkID)10410729(PQKB)11649905(MiAaPQ)EBC544293(DE-B1597)636655(DE-B1597)9781845459178(EXLCZ)99256000000001207720130418d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBalkan Departures[electronic resource] Travel Writing from South-eastern EuropeNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-788-9 1-84545-254-2 Title page-Balkan Departures; Contents; Chapter 1-Balkan Travel Writing: Points of Departure; Chapter 2-Hodoeporicon, Periegesis, Apodemia: Early Modern Greek Travel Writing on Europe; Chapter 3-Dinicu Golescu's Account of My Travels (1826): Eurotopia as Manifesto; Chapter 4-Writing Difference/Claiming General Validity: Jovan Ducic's Cities and Chinaeras and the West; Chapter 5-Towards a Modernist Travel Culture; Chapter 6-Getting to Know the Big Bad West? Images of Western Europe in Bulgarian Travel Writing of the Communist Era (1945-1985)Chapter 7-New Men, Old Europe: Being a Man in Balkan Travel Writing; Notes on Contributors; IndexIn writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place traveled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the exotic, the violent and the primitive - traits that serve (according to many commentators) as a foil to self-congratulatory definitions of the West as modern, progressive, and rational. However, the Balkans have also long been traveled from. The region's writers have offered accounts of their travels in the West and elsewhere, saying something in the process about themselves and their place in the world. The analyses presented here, ranging from those oEast Europeans -- Travel -- Europe -- HistoryTravel writing -- HistoryTravelers' writings, East European -- History and criticismTravelers' writings, East EuropeanHistory and criticismEuropeEast EuropeansTravelHistoryTravel writingHistoryLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCLiterature - GeneralHILCCEuropeDescription and travelEast Europeans -- Travel -- Europe -- History.Travel writing -- History.Travelers' writings, East European -- History and criticism.Travelers' writings, East EuropeanHistory and criticismEast EuropeansTravelHistoryTravel writingHistoryLanguages & LiteraturesLiterature - General809.935914Bracewell Wendy1490900Drace-Francis Alex1490901AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910791366803321Balkan Departures3751082UNINA01062nam0 22002771i 450 UON0007698320231205102414.81820020107f |0itac50 baitaIT|||| |||||ˆL'‰Impero di "Faccetta nera"Carlo De BiaseMilanoEdizioni Del Borghesestampa 1966213 p.20 cm001UON000669922001 ˆI ‰libri del Borghese46GUERRA ITALO-ETIOPICA, 1935-1936UONC020429FIITMilanoUONL000005963.056GUERRA ITALO-ETIOPICA, 1935-193621DE_BIASECarloUONV050449470078Il BorgheseUONV254639650ITSOL20240220RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00076983SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI ET IV E a 017 SI AA 277 5 017 Impero di "Faccetta nera"1163035UNIOR