Case report

Dissecting ‘Balkanist’ discourse in the present and the past: Review of N. Raspudić, Jadranski (polu)orijentalizam and V. Drapac, Constructing Yugoslavia

Danijel Dzino orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-9508 ; Macquarie University, Sydney

Abstract

In depth critical review of two books which explore two distinct and attractive topics, and both belong in the wider context, famously called "Balkanist" discourse by Maria Todorova. Raspudić's study focuses on the perception of the Croatians in early modern and modern Italian literature, while Drapac deals with the origins and changing perceptions of Yugoslav political construct from outside perspective, focusing on the Anglophone and francophone writings.

Keywords

Yugoslavia; Croatia; Dalmatia; Italian literature; postcolonial discourse

Hrčak ID:

102748

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/102748

Publication date:

28.5.2013.

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