Transnationalizing National Characterization: Meta-Images and the Centre-Periphery Dynamics in Spain and the South Slavic Region
Transnationalizing National Characterization: Meta-Images and the Centre-Periphery Dynamics in Spain and the South Slavic Region
Samenvatting
This article compares two similar yet never compared cases of intra-European othering: Spain and the South Slavic region. Their common denominator is what I call the Periphery Problem: a hierarchical cultural difference between Europe’s symbolic centre (Western Europe) and its exotic peripheries. Using paradigmatic examples intertextually linked to Prosper Mérimée, this article focuses both on the centre (exemplified by Mérimée), and the peripheries’ recent responses to Mérimée through meta-images (your image of others’ image of you). The structural commonalities in characterization and the entanglements of internal and external images show that national characterization in Europe is profoundly a transnational phenomenon.
Organisatie | Hogeschool Inholland |
Afdeling | Domein Gezondheid, Sport en Welzijn |
Lectoraat | Empowerment & Professionalisering Sociaal Domein |
Gepubliceerd in | New Perspectives on Imagology (red. Katharina Edtstadler, Sandra Folie & Gianna Zocco) Brill, Pagina's: 162-178 |
Datum | 2022-11-01 |
Type | Boekdeel |
ISBN | 978-90-04-45012-7 |
Taal | Engels |