Open AccessPerspectives on the ‘Balcans’ in popular works of German culture - perception and stereotypes between exotism and prejudice
Author(s) -
Alexa Mathias
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
germanistica euromediterrae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2718-2207
pISSN - 2671-0862
DOI - 10.15291/gem.2870
Subject(s) - german , prejudice (legal term) , narrative , popular culture , perception , sociology , media studies , linguistics , psychology , art , social psychology , literature , philosophy , neuroscience
The paper focusses on perspectives onto South East Europe, as they arerepresented in works of popular culture in German language such asnovels and operetta. Due to the widespread reception of these works,they draw and promote a collectively shared picture of this regionbased on narratives that are featuring many stereotypes and prejudices.The paper presents first results from the pre-study to a projectthat focusses on narratives about the region of South East Europe asthey are represented in works of popular culture in German language.