Imagining the Balkans by Maria Todorova (English) Paperback Book

Description: Imagining the Balkans by Maria Todorova 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "If the Balkans hadnt existed, they would have been invented" was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. Over ten years ago, Maria Todorova traced the relationship between the reality and the invention. Based on a rich selection of travelogues, diplomatic accounts, academic surveys, journalism, and belles-lettres in many languages, Imagining the Balkans explored the ontology of the Balkans from thesixteenth century to the present day, uncovering the ways in which an insidious intellectual tradition was constructed, became mythologized, and is still being transmitted as discourse.Maria Todorova, whowas raised in the Balkans, is in a unique position to bring both scholarship and sympathy to her subject, and in a new afterword she reflects on recent developments in the study of the Balkans and political developments on the ground since the publication of Imagining the Balkans. The afterword explores the controversy over Todorovas coining of the term Balkanism. With this work, Todorova offers a timely, updated, accessible study of how an innocent geographic appellation wastransformed into one of the most powerful and widespread pejorative designations in modern history. Author Biography Maria Todorova is Gutgsell Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Table of Contents Introduction Balkanism and the Orientalism: Are They Different Categories?1. The Balkans: Nomen2. "Balkans" as Self-designation3. The Discovery of the Balkans4. Patterns of Perception until 19005. From Discovery to Invention, from Invention to Classification6. Between Classification and Politics: The Balkans and the Myth of Central Europe7. The Balkans: Realia -Quest-ce quil y a de hors-texte?ConclusionAfterword to the Updated EditionNotesBibliographyIndex Review "Outstanding."--Misha Glenny, London Review of Books"Passionate, learned, entertaining, polemical, ambitious, courageous."--Slavic Review"Contains many brilliant insights and always displays the authors enormous erudition."--CHOICE"Todorovas book is a passionate, provocative, and necessary attempt to retrace the construction of a pejorative image of the Balkans."--Nicholas J. Miller, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Full of challenging ideas, forcefully presented opinions, references for further reading, and enlightening observations."--Gale Stokes, H-Net"By far the best work of historiography on the region."--Tomislav Z. Longinovic, Lingua Franca Promotional A timely, updated, accessible study of how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into one of the most powerful and widespread pejorative designations in modern history Long Description "If the Balkans hadnt existed, they would have been invented" was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. Over ten years ago, Maria Todorova traced the relationship between the reality and the invention. Based on a rich selection of travelogues, diplomatic accounts, academic surveys, journalism, and belles-lettres in many languages, Imagining the Balkans explored the ontology of the Balkans from thesixteenth century to the present day, uncovering the ways in which an insidious intellectual tradition was constructed, became mythologized, and is still being transmitted as discourse.Maria Todorova, who was raised in the Balkans, is in a unique position to bring both scholarship and sympathy to hersubject, and in a new afterword she reflects on recent developments in the study of the Balkans and political developments on the ground since the publication of Imagining the Balkans. The afterword explores the controversy over Todorovas coining of the term Balkanism. With this work, Todorova offers a timely, updated, accessible study of how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into one of the most powerful and widespread pejorative designations in modern history. Review Text "Outstanding."--Misha Glenny, London Review of Books"Passionate, learned, entertaining, polemical, ambitious, courageous."--Slavic Review"Contains many brilliant insights and always displays the authors enormous erudition."--CHOICE"Todorovas book is a passionate, provocative, and necessary attempt to retrace the construction of a pejorative image of the Balkans."--Nicholas J. Miller, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Full of challenging ideas, forcefully presented opinions, references for further reading, and enlightening observations."-Gale Stokes, H-Net"By far the best work of historiography on the region."- Tomislav Z. Longinovic, Lingua Franca Review Quote "Todorovas book is a passionate, provocative, and necessary attempt to retrace the construction of a pejorative image of the Balkans." --Nicholas J. Miller, Journal of Interdisciplinary History Feature Selling point: Based on a rich selection of travelogues, diplomatic accounts, academic surveys, journalism, and belles-lettres in many languagesSelling point: Explores the ontology of the Balkans from the sixteenth century to the present day, uncovering the ways in which an insidious intellectual tradition was constructed, became mythologized, and is still being transmitted as discourse Details ISBN0195387864 Author Maria Todorova Year 2009 ISBN-10 0195387864 ISBN-13 9780195387865 Format Paperback DEWEY 949.61015 Short Title IMAGINING THE BALKAN-UPDATED/E Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 288 Position Professor of Indian Buddhist Philosophy Publication Date 2009-04-30 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation University of Manchester Edition 2nd UK Release Date 2009-04-30 AU Release Date 2009-04-30 NZ Release Date 2009-04-30 US Release Date 2009-04-30 Death 1937 Edited by Juha T. 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