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082259
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2008.
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This article examines the role of Balkanism in Bulgarian EU accession discourses
during the period that preceded the country's membership of the EU. It focuses on political
cartoons ? regarded as indicative of broader societal discourses ? which activate the 'journey'
or 'motion' metaphor that dominated the imagery of EU integration. The article was
prompted by a perceived incongruity in the study of the discursive encounter between the
West and the Balkans. While most analysis concentrates on the Western or European self, by
examining EU accession discourses in Bulgaria, this article turns to the Balkans' responses to
Western constructions. The study brings to light a decidedly mixed picture. Even though the
crucial role of Balkanist representations and interpretations in Bulgarian EU accession
discourses cannot be denied, alternative constructions are certainly present. They range
from ambiguity and indifference to more overt challenges to the binary oppositions that
characterize Balkanism.
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082260
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2008.
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This paper discusses the relationship between patriotism, a concept traditionally
equated to a notion of overwhelming cohesion, and multiculturalism, often taken as
completely centered around a notion of irreducible cultural diversity. The paper reconsiders
this dichotomy, providing a framework for understanding multiculturalism as referring to a
multifaceted empirical phenomenon and normative theory and for understanding patriotism
as something which is capable of overcoming forms of ethno?cultural nationalism. Such an
understanding of patriotism, implemented both at the national and at the international
level, could promote a sentiment of unity and, at the same time, address the discrimination
from which multicultural claims originate.
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ID:
082258
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2008.
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Starting with an analysis of the recent launch of EUTube, this article poses a
number of different questions about the EU's visibility, particularly from a Central and East
European perspective. Arguing against the more commonly held belief that the EU's visibility
is on the decline, the article showcases a number of alternative examples of visibility
whereby other actors, coming from the publicity world, critically engage with problems
surrounding the EU such as discrimination, the work?visa regime, the EU Constitution and
the CAP reforms. Focusing on the Polish Plumber campaign in France and Poland as well as
the Bucegi and Ursus beer campaigns in post?enlargement Romania, the article argues that
such campaigns could and should play an important role in expanding the visual horizon of
the EU and opening the door to other 'legitimate' authors of 'text' and 'images' pertaining to
the EU.
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