From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s)
The paper focuses on various dimensions of European identity in Polish and Serbian travel writings about Asia in the period from the 1850s to the 1920s, examining several case studies that show how travellers often identified themselves as Europeans, but sometimes discussed various aspects of Europ...
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Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
2023-12-01
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The paper focuses on various dimensions of European identity in Polish and Serbian travel writings about Asia in the period from the 1850s to the 1920s, examining several case studies that show how travellers often identified themselves as Europeans, but sometimes discussed various aspects of European identity and had many issues with this self-description. The analysis is based on a large corpus of Polish and Serbian travelogues, but works by Gustaw Olechowski, Karol Lanckoroński, Pavel Petrović, Jerzy Bandrowski, Milan Jovanović, Eugeniusz Romer, Jadwiga Marcinowska and Jelena Dimitrijević are scrutinised in detail. The following issues are discussed: assuming European identity, European identity and planetary consciousness, overcoming Orientalism, the periphery complex, reversed Orientalism and Occidentalism, patriotism, and identification with Asians.
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| spelling | doaj.art-550e8cc1d2bc4c21bb810b8de4ad052a2024-01-04T14:51:29ZengInstitute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesColloquia Humanistica2392-24192023-12-011210.11649/ch.2963From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s)Tomasz Ewertowski0Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai The paper focuses on various dimensions of European identity in Polish and Serbian travel writings about Asia in the period from the 1850s to the 1920s, examining several case studies that show how travellers often identified themselves as Europeans, but sometimes discussed various aspects of European identity and had many issues with this self-description. The analysis is based on a large corpus of Polish and Serbian travelogues, but works by Gustaw Olechowski, Karol Lanckoroński, Pavel Petrović, Jerzy Bandrowski, Milan Jovanović, Eugeniusz Romer, Jadwiga Marcinowska and Jelena Dimitrijević are scrutinised in detail. The following issues are discussed: assuming European identity, European identity and planetary consciousness, overcoming Orientalism, the periphery complex, reversed Orientalism and Occidentalism, patriotism, and identification with Asians. https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/ch/article/view/2963European identityimaginative geographiesOrientalismperipheriesPolish travellerspostcolonialism |
| spellingShingle | Tomasz Ewertowski From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s) Colloquia Humanistica European identity imaginative geographies Orientalism peripheries Polish travellers postcolonialism |
| title | From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s) |
| title_full | From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s) |
| title_fullStr | From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s) |
| title_full_unstemmed | From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s) |
| title_short | From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s) |
| title_sort | from the peripheries to the centre via asia the notion of european identity in polish and serbian travel writings about asia 1850s 1920s |
| topic | European identity imaginative geographies Orientalism peripheries Polish travellers postcolonialism |
| url | https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/ch/article/view/2963 |
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