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“Reversed nesting orientalisms”: the concept of orientalism in a European context

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Marazopoulos P.

Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)

2023

vol. 109

issue 1

69-83

My paper aims to examine ways in which the term “Balkans” was negotiated in modern Greek culture during the 19th and 20th centuries, based primarily on modern Greek literary texts of various kinds; however, in order to approach the issue more globally, other types of textual evidence from the relevant period are discussed, such as diplomatic, historical, and political texts. The goal of my research is to develop a theoretical pattern which explains the variety of Greek attitudes towards the Balkan nations. To describe this evolutionary scheme, based on the theoretical framework composed of seminal works including Edward Said’s Orientalism, Maria Todorova’s Balkanism, and Milica Bakic-Hayden’s Nesting Orientalisms, I discuss an ideological and discursive mechanism which I call “reversed nesting orientalisms”. Thus, I highlight the imaginary relationship as it was created, evolved, and consolidated in terms of narrative representations within modern Greek culture, with the broader goal of reaching a deeper understanding of the historical, political, cultural, and ideological factors which shaped modern Greek discourse about the Balkan nations.

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Stańczak A.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio FF – Philologia

2015

vol. 33

issue 1

The article deals with the Balkans image in post-Yugoslavian prose. The inhabitants of the peninsula try to respond to the opinions and perceptions that are related to them, created by the Western European Balkanistic discourse. Negative ideas have become the cause of complexes, a sense of injustice and resentment. That is why the inhabitants of the Balkans are looking for a way to escape from the Balkan identity. Scientists, writers and publicists strongly oppose the invidious, one-sided image of the Balkans. They are trying to prove that it is not quite in consonance with reality, and that the process of shaping the image of the Balkans was influenced not only by the Balkan nations, but also by the West.

Artykuł dotyczy obrazu Bałkanów w prozie postjugosławiańskiej. Mieszkańcy półwyspu próbują ustosunkować się wobec odnoszących się do nich opinii oraz wyobrażeń, wykreowanych przez zachodnioeuropejski dyskurs bałkanistyczny. Negatywne wyobrażenia stają się powodem kompleksów, poczucia niesprawiedliwości i żalu. Mieszkańcy Bałkanów szukają więc sposobu na ucieczkę od bałkańskiej tożsamości. Naukowcy, pisarze i publicyści głośno i zdecydowanie przeciwstawiają się krzywdzącemu, jednostronnemu wizerunkowi Bałkanów. Próbują udowodnić, że nie jest on do końca zgodny z rzeczywistością, zaś w procesie jego kształtowania udział miały nie tylko narody bałkańskie, ale także Zachód.

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“Reversed nesting orientalisms”: the concept of orientalism in a European context

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