Konstrukcija zapadnog diskursa o Balkanu
The Construction of a Western Discourse of the Balkans
Author(s): Maria N. TodorovaContributor(s): Sanja Kalapoš (Translator)
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Social Theory, Studies in violence and power, 19th Century, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: Balkan; Balkanism; Western discourse; culture; Orientalism;
Summary/Abstract: By being geographically inextricable from Europe, yet culturally constructed as the "the other," the Balkans have traditionally served as a repository of negative characteristics against which a positive and self-congratulatory image of the "European" has been constructed, while conveniently avoiding allegations of Eurocentrism, racism, colonialism etc. This article, part of a larger work, attempts to trace the formation of a distinct discourse on the Balkans in the course of several centuries. The notion "Balkanism" is juxtaposed to Said's category "Orientalism" and is treated not as a simple sub-species of Orientalism, but as an independent category with its own specific links to the dominant European discourses.
Journal: Etnološka tribina : Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva
- Issue Year: 26/1996
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 25-41
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Croatian