Perspectives on the ‘Balcans’ in popular works of German culture - perception and stereotypes between exotism and prejudice

Abstract

The paper focusses on perspectives onto South East Europe, as they are
represented in works of popular culture in German language such as
novels and operetta. Due to the widespread reception of these works,
they draw and promote a collectively shared picture of this region
based on narratives that are featuring many stereotypes and prejudices.
The paper presents first results from the pre-study to a project
that focusses on narratives about the region of South East Europe as
they are represented in works of popular culture in German language.