Chronic Myopia: Foundations of Contemporary Western Perspectives on the Balkans
Description:
The construction of Southeastern Europe in Western imagination is the result of assertions of imperial power from some of the first recorded histories onward to modern time. Instead of providing alternative narratives gaping differences in time period, literary genres and geographical origins ballast stereotypical racist tropes and derogatory images of the countries of Southeastern Europe. For example, Roman histories, secondary historical works, twentieth century travel literature, and Central…
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Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Kelley, Brittany