“Reversed Nesting Orientalisms” : The Concept of Orientalism in
a European Context

J 2023

“Reversed Nesting Orientalisms” : The Concept of Orientalism in a European Context

MARAZOPOULOS, Petros

Basic information

Original name

“Reversed Nesting Orientalisms” : The Concept of Orientalism in a European Context

Name in Czech

"Převrácené orientalismy": Koncept orientalismu v evropském kontextu

Authors

MARAZOPOULOS, Petros (300 Greece, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Slovanský přehled, Praha, Akademie věd České republiky (Historický ústav), 2023, 0037-6922

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Link to the issue

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132438

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Balkanism; modern Greek culture; national images and literature; Orientalism; South-eastern Europe; symbolic geography

Abstract

V originále

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, 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 that 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 that shaped modern Greek discourse about the Balkans.

Links

MUNI/A/1208/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Evropské proměny a konstanty: antické civilizace a jazyky v dalším evropském vývoji

Investor: Masaryk University, European Changes and Stability: Ancient Civilizations and Languages in Later European Transformations

Citovat

MARAZOPOULOS, Petros. “Reversed Nesting Orientalisms” : The Concept of Orientalism in a European Context. Slovanský přehled. Praha: Akademie věd České republiky (Historický ústav), 2023, vol. 109, No 1, p. 69-83. ISSN 0037-6922.

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MARAZOPOULOS, Petros. “Reversed Nesting Orientalisms” : The Concept of Orientalism in a European Context. \textit{Slovanský přehled}. Praha: Akademie věd České republiky (Historický ústav), 2023, vol.~109, No~1, p.~69-83. ISSN~0037-6922.

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