Representations of Identity, Self, and Otherness in the Romanian Memoirs of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)

Raluca-Simona DEAC
Representations of Identity, Self, and Otherness in the Romanian Memoirs of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
Instituția: 
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany
Email autor: 
raluca.deac@ubbcluj.ro
Abstract: 

The present article analyzes a selection of Romanian memoirs of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) in order to reveal the images of our fellow participants in the conflicts and sources of identities and representations that have been formed along the years. The study of these writings in the context of the gripping subject of alterity brings original insight in a matter that is still particularizing South-Eastern Europe. Considering the diversity of perspectives in the selected memoirs, we can paint an overall picture of the conveyed representations that may still overshadow the collective mentality. [1]

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[1] This work was possible with the financial support of the Sectoral Operational Programme for Human Resources Development 2007-2013, co-financed by the European Social Fund, under the project number POSDRU/107/1.5/S/76841 with the title “Modern Doctoral Studies: Internationalization and Interdisciplinarity”.