Introduction: The 'Turks' in the imagination of the 'Greeks'

South European Society and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-32

  Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Greek Turkish relationship; Hollow categories; Perceptions of others

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNICITY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PERCEPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

EID: 33144471700     PISSN: 13608746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13608740500470299     Document Type: Review

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