Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti)
Beginning with the concept of "nesting orientalism" introduced by Milica Bakić-Hayden in the sense of patterns of representation used to describe the Other by all ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia, this paper examines four views of "nesting balkanism" in post-Yugoslav literature...
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| description | Beginning with the concept of "nesting orientalism" introduced by Milica Bakić-Hayden in the sense of patterns of representation used to describe the Other by all ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia, this paper examines four views of "nesting balkanism" in post-Yugoslav literature. First, there is a chronotopic view from the post-Yugoslav exile back to the past, in which the Balkans function as a contextual synonym for the "former homeland," always used in a context of "war," "violence," "primitivism," "disorder" and "cruelty". The second view refers to several Slovenian authors, starting with Slavoj Žižek, Aleš Debeljak and the young novelist Goran Vojnović, who show specific balkanistic representation connected with sevdah and turbofolk music. The third view is connected with travelling and trains, as a frequent topic of orientalistic representation inherited from the Orient Express novels. Finally, the fourth view draws on examples from Dubravka Ugrešić’s descriptions of her "fellow-countrymen." Almost all analyzed examples show that using the name Balkan in post-Yugoslav literature is connected with the "logic of displaced racism," a practice regarded by Žižek as a kind of inverted racism which is allowed when comparing "tolerant" Europe to Balkan Otherness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dc557b5c444149debf1131e5928e3fc42025-08-20T03:23:24ZengUniversity of Zadar[sic]1847-77552016-06-016210.15291/sic/2.6.lc.5396Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti)Miranda Levanat-PeričićBeginning with the concept of "nesting orientalism" introduced by Milica Bakić-Hayden in the sense of patterns of representation used to describe the Other by all ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia, this paper examines four views of "nesting balkanism" in post-Yugoslav literature. First, there is a chronotopic view from the post-Yugoslav exile back to the past, in which the Balkans function as a contextual synonym for the "former homeland," always used in a context of "war," "violence," "primitivism," "disorder" and "cruelty". The second view refers to several Slovenian authors, starting with Slavoj Žižek, Aleš Debeljak and the young novelist Goran Vojnović, who show specific balkanistic representation connected with sevdah and turbofolk music. The third view is connected with travelling and trains, as a frequent topic of orientalistic representation inherited from the Orient Express novels. Finally, the fourth view draws on examples from Dubravka Ugrešić’s descriptions of her "fellow-countrymen." Almost all analyzed examples show that using the name Balkan in post-Yugoslav literature is connected with the "logic of displaced racism," a practice regarded by Žižek as a kind of inverted racism which is allowed when comparing "tolerant" Europe to Balkan Otherness.http://www.sic-journal.org/ArticleView.aspx?aid=396 |
| spellingShingle | Miranda Levanat-Peričić Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti) [sic] |
| title | Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti) |
| title_full | Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti) |
| title_fullStr | Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti) |
| title_short | Kako se gnijezdio Balkan na "jugoslavenskoj Atlantidi" (Četiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj književnosti) |
| title_sort | kako se gnijezdio balkan na jugoslavenskoj atlantidi cetiri pogleda na reprodukciju orijentalizma u postjugoslavenskoj knjizevnosti |
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