Imagining 'the turk'
Auteur :
Jezernik, Bozidar
ISBN :
9781443816632
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2010
Dimensions :
21,2 x 14,8 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
With dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.