National Stereotyping, Identity Politics, European Crises

The articulation of collective identity by means of a stereotyped repertoire of exclusionary characterizations of Self and Other is one of the longest-standing literary traditions in Europe and as such has become part of a global modernity. Recently, this discourse of Othering and national stereotyping has gained fresh political virulence as a result of the rise of "Identity Politics". What is more, this newly politicized self/other discourse has affected Europe itself as that continent has been weathering a series of economic and political crises in recent years. The present volume traces the conjunction between cultural and literary traditions and contemporary ideologies during the crisis of European multilateralism.



Contributors: Aelita Ambruleviciute, J rgen Barkhoff, Stefan Berger, Zrinka Blazevic, Daniel Carey, Ana Mar a Fraile, Wulf Kansteiner, Joep Leerssen, Hercules Millas, Zenonas Norkus, Aidan O'Malley, Ra l S nchez Prieto, Karel Sima, Luc Van Doorslaer, Ruth Wodak