Imagining 'the Turk'

A human being is a symbolic creature and, to the same extent, an active inventor of otherness. Europe and Turkey, The West and the Balkans, are infinitely exploitable symbols. Any symbol, inherently polysemic and socially construed, is continuously contested and negotiated. The image of 'the Tu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jezernik, Bozidar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
Temas:
Turks > Ethnic identity > History.
Public opinion > Europe > History.
Turcs > Identité ethnique > Histoire.
Opinion publique > Europe > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
International relations
Public opinion
Public opinion, European
Turks > Ethnic identity
Turkey > Foreign public opinion, European > History.
Turkey > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Turkey.
Asie Mineure > Relations > Europe.
Europe
Turkey
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A human being is a symbolic creature and, to the same extent, an active inventor of otherness. Europe and Turkey, The West and the Balkans, are infinitely exploitable symbols. Any symbol, inherently polysemic and socially construed, is continuously contested and negotiated. The image of 'the Turk' as a ruthless plunderer is still vivid in European collective memory. Although it occasionally still verges on ethnic mythology, it clearly belongs to a past where, along with the plague and famin ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (211 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443817882
1443817880
9781443816632
1443816639

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