Introduction: Balkanism and Orientalism: Are They Different Categories?; 1. The Balkans: Nomen; 2. "Balkans" as Self-designation; 3. The Discovery of the Balkans; 4. Patterns of Perception until 1900; 5. From Discovery to Invention, from Invention to Classification; 6. Between Classification and Politics: The Balkans and the Myth of Central Europe; 7. The Balkans: Realia-Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de hors-texte?; Conclusion; Afterword to the Updated Edition; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Imagining the Balkans examines how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into a powerful and widespread pejorative designation. In a new afterword, Maria Todorova discusses the reaction to her dubbing of the term Balkanism and recent events in the Balkans
Notes
Previous edition: 1997
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-266) and index
