Appropriation and manipulation of “women’s writing” in the nationalist discourse in Serbia in the nineties
Appropriation and manipulation of “women’s writing” in the nationalist discourse in Serbia in the nineties
Author(s): Nevena IvanovićSubject(s): Gender Studies, Civil Society, Nationalism Studies, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Fabrika knjiga
Keywords: Women's writing; origin of nationalism; development of nationalism; nation;
Summary/Abstract: In his Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (1983), Benedict Anderson put forth an influential definition of the nation as an "imagined political community.” A more sophisticated version of Gellner's invention of nations by nationalism and a groundwork for subsequent studies of the processes of imagining particular nations, Anderson's definition established the nation as a system of cultural representation, which enables identification with the larger community through an imagining of a shared experience. [...]
Journal: Reč
- Issue Year: 2000
- Issue No: 59.5
- Page Range: 245-287
- Page Count: 43
- Language: English