Borderlands Orientalism or How the Savage Lost his Nobility: The Russian Perception of the Caucasus Between 1817 and 1878

Borderlands Orientalism or How the Savage Lost his Nobility: The Russian Perception of the Caucasus Between 1817 and 1878
ISBN-10
3643507887
ISBN-13
9783643507884
Category
Borderlands
Pages
314
Language
English
Published
2017
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Author
Dominik Gutmeyr

Description

In Russia's cultural memory, the Caucasus is a potent point of reference, to which many emotions, images, and stereotypes are attached. The book gives a new reading of the development of Russia's perception of its borderlands and presents a complex picture of the encounter between the Russians and the indigenous population of the Caucasus. The study outlines the history of a region standing in between Russian reveries and Russian imperialism. (Series: Studies on South East Europe, Vol. 19) [Subject: History, Russian Studies, Ethnology]

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