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Download or read book Borderlands Orientalism or How the Savage Lost his Nobility written by Dominik Gutmeyr and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2017 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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]
