Imagining the Balkans / / Maria Todorova

• Autore: Todorova Marii͡a Nikolaeva
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Edizione: Updated ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)
• Disciplina: 949.61015
• Soggetto geografico: Balkan Peninsula History; Balkan Peninsula Historiography; Balkan Peninsula History 19th century; Balkan Peninsula History 20th century
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-266) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imagining the Balkans
• ISBN: 0-19-771382-3; 0-19-988909-0; 1-282-05401-5; 9786612054013; 0-19-972838-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782827303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II