Entangled images : Romanians and Hungarians from the Middle Ages to the Communist regime / Sorin Mitu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitu, Sorin, 1965- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungarians--Romania.

Hungarians.

Romania--Ethnic relations--History.

Romania.

Physical Description:

viii, 541 pages 22 cm

Other Title:

Romanians and Hungarians from the Middle Ages to the Communist regime

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang, [2025]

Summary:

"L'Image de l'Autre (The Image of the Other) explores the Romanian-Hungarian reciprocal images, a key topic in historical imagology, cultural anthropology, and social psychology. As one of Europe's most significant imagological pairs, their symbolic interactions offer insights into transnational history. This book examines how Romanians and Hungarians perceived each other from the 10th-12th centuries until 1989. Using historical imagology and entangled history, it traces the origins of their competing images, shaped by medieval confrontations and evolving over centuries. The idea of an inevitable, millennial conflict took root, shaping national myths and historical narratives. By analyzing these perceptions, the book sheds light on identity formation, stereotypes, and cultural memory. It reveals how these images influenced political and social dynamics, extending beyond the two ethnic groups to a broader, interconnected world. This study contributes to understanding shared European histories and the construction of national identities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The roots of coexistence

At first sight: Hungarians on Romanians

Romanians pick up the imagological baton

Popular images: Hungarians are curs, Romanians are curs unless they have swine

Indignant Nobles, Desperate Peasants, and Enlightened Clerks

...And the good old Hungarian feelings: Romanians, our noble savages

The barbaric tyrants

The Romanians under Hungarian rule

Hungarians with Wallachian lips or Daco-Romanian irredentists?

Changing empires

What shall we do about the Hungarians in greater Romania?

The Hungarians under Romanian rule

Romanian and Hungarian workers, unite!

Romanian or communist? Pătrășcanu, Groza, Dej, Ceaușescu

The Hungarians: under Romanian communist rule

The dangerous game of falsifying history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-541).

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783631929377

3631929374

OCLC:

1547270355

Publisher Number:

90103274373

CIPO000310995