| Balkan Identities: Nation and Memory Contributor(s): Todorova, Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814782795 ISBN-13: 9780814782798 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2004 Annotation: View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction."Although the essays explore different events from various historical periods in individual countries, the authors are animated by a common denominator: opposition to rigid isolationism, preserving space for a creative dialogue, and opposition to political manipulation of national identities." --"Multicultural Review""Todorova kept her authors engaged with each other and with the current scholarly literature on memory, history and nationalism. Their efforts to create such a rich and diverse volume must be commended."--" American HIstorical Review" Balkan Identities brings together historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars all working under the shared conviction that the only way to overcome history is to intimately understand it. The contributors of Balkan Identities focus on historical memory, collective national memory, and the political manipulation of national identities. They refine our understanding of memory and identity in general and explore and assess the significance of particular manifestations of Balkan national identities and national memories in the region. The essays in Balkan Identities grapple with three major problems: the construction of historical memory, sites of national memory, and the mobilization of national identities. While most essays focus on a single country (e.g. Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia), they are in dialogue with each other and share an opposition to rigid isolationist identities. Illuminating and challenging, Balkan Identities demonstrates the ever-changing nature of a troubled and culturally vibrant region. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2002044419 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.86" W x 8.76" (1.31 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Balkan |
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| Publisher Description: Balkan Identities brings together historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars all working under the shared conviction that the only way to overcome history is to intimately understand it. The contributors of Balkan Identities focus on historical memory, collective national memory, and the political manipulation of national identities. They refine our understanding of memory and identity in general and explore and assess the significance of particular manifestations of Balkan national identities and national memories in the region. |
Contributor Bio(s): Todorova, Maria: - Maria Todorova is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. |