Inventing Ruritania: the Imperialism of the Imagination - Vesna Goldsworthy - Libros - Oxford University Press - 9780199368372 - 25 de diciembre de 2012
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Inventing Ruritania: the Imperialism of the Imagination


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First published in 1998, Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination achieved a rare combination of critical success, broad readership and enduring academic influence. It is now recognised as a key contribution to the study of Balkan and European identity. In this first paperback edition, Inventing Ruritania is just as topical in the context of Europe's current turmoil as it was when it first appeared.

Vesna Goldsworthy explores the origins of the ideas that underpin Western perceptions of the Balkans, the "Wild East" of Europe. European and Oriental at the same time, the Balkans are tantalisingly ambiguous: simultaneously attracting and repelling outsiders, an exciting alternative to the familiar ennui of the West, both completely different from "us" and exactly as "we" used to be. Writers and filmmakers in Western Europe and America have found in the peninsula a rich mine of images for literature and the movies. In her prodigiously researched but very readable volume, Goldsworthy shows how this lucrative exploitation of Balkan history and geography by the entertainment industry has affected attitudes toward the region. She considers the religious, national, and sexual taboos and fears projected onto Balkan lands, and discusses the political exploitation and media uses of the Balkan archetypes.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 25 de diciembre de 2012
ISBN13 9780199368372
Editores Oxford University Press
Páginas 288
Dimensiones 135 × 23 × 210 mm   ·   430 g
Lengua Inglés  

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