Greek Idea

The Formation of National and Transnational Identities

AvMaria Koundoura

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

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 civilisation, 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'. This is a fascinating contribution to the growing area of transnational culture studies, as well as a valuable resource for scholars of Postcolonialism, Modern Greek, Diaspora studies, multicultural studies and Balkan studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-05-01
Mått:138 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:291 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Library of Political Studies
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781848859722

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Maria Koundoura completed her PhD at Stanford University and is currently an Associate Professor in the department of Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College.

Recensioner i media

"'In 'The Greek Idea', Maria Koundoura presents readers with a superb rendition of the current debates over how to approach 'modernity' as a terminus within 'history' that have animated traditional disciplines, such as history and philosophy, in their confrontation with postmodern and postcolonial theories. By putting Greece and its historical and diasporic transformations into the frame of recent concerns over identity formation within postmodernity and postcolonialism, Koundoura has introduced a fascinating set of problems that will engage and inform critics working across a number of debates and disciplines-historiography, political theory, feminism, colonial discourse studies, media and cultural studies.' (Gerald MacLean, Anniversary Professor University of York)"

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1 Re-occupying the site of the Modern2 Mapping the Real (in) Greece3 Producing the Nation’s Narrative4 Negotiating Identity in a Transnational WorldConclusion