{"product_id":"balkan-identities-maria-todorova-9780814782798","title":"Balkan Identities: Nation and Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBalkan Identities\u003c\/b\u003e brings together historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars all working under the shared conviction that the only way to overcome history is to intimately understand it. The contributors of \u003cb\u003eBalkan Identities\u003c\/b\u003e focus on historical memory, collective national memory, and the political manipulation of national identities. They refine our understanding of memory and identity in general and explore and assess the significance of particular manifestations of Balkan national identities and national memories in the region.\u003cbr\u003e The essays in \u003cb\u003eBalkan Identities\u003c\/b\u003e grapple with three major problems: the construction of historical memory, sites of national memory, and the mobilization of national identities. While most essays focus on a single country (e.g. Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia), they are in dialogue with each other and share an opposition to rigid isolationist identities.\u003cbr\u003e Illuminating and challenging, \u003cb\u003eBalkan Identities\u003c\/b\u003e demonstrates the ever-changing nature of a troubled and culturally vibrant region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Todorova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814782795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814782798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.86w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 99","brand":"Maria Todorova","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013801816319,"sku":"9780814782798","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce23e216-dfb5-4662-90e2-59312e72a886.jpg?v=1767744860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/balkan-identities-maria-todorova-9780814782798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}