From the Peripheries to the Centre via Asia: The Notion of European Identity in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings About Asia (1850s–1920s)
Tomasz Ewertowski
Abstract: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 Bandro… Show more
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