The Greek idea : the formation of national and transnational identities / Maria Koundoura.
"Greece today finds itself caught on a turbulent edge of Europe, yet both high culture and popular myth have long placed Greece as a locus of Western civilization, reinforced by English travellers' 'discovery' of Greece in the late-eighteenth century and the impact this had on En...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2012.
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| Edition: | Rev. pbk. ed. |
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| Genre/Form: | Emerson authors |
| Summary: | "Greece today finds itself caught on a turbulent edge of Europe, yet both high culture and popular myth have long placed Greece as a locus of Western civilization, reinforced by English travellers' 'discovery' of Greece in the late-eighteenth century and the impact this had on English Literature. Opening up fresh avenues of discourse, Maria Koundoura maps what this dual representation signifies for Greeks, both national and diasporic. In doing so, she touches on twentieth century diaspora cultures from Europe to the United States, offering a new critical paradigm from which to explore national and transnational identities. Koundoura deftly draws upon postcolonial theory to address and analyse the cultural material that has produced Greece's representation as both 'European' and 'other'"--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-207) and index. First published in hardback in 2007. |
| Physical Description: | x, 214 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781848859722 (pbk) 1848859724 (pbk) |