Imaginary Europes

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The 20th century has witnessed crucial changes in our perceptions of Europe. Two worldwars and many regional conflicts, the end of empires and of the Eastern Bloc, the creationand expansion of the European Union, and the continuous reshaping of Europe¿s populationthrough emigration, immigration, and globalization have led to a proliferation ofimages of Europe within the continent and beyond.While Eurocentrism governs current public debates in Europe, this book takes a specialinterest in literary and cinematographic imaginings of Europe that are produced from moredistant, decentred, or peripheral vantage points and across differences of political power, ideological or ethnic affinity, cultural currency, linguistic practice, and geographical location.The contributions to this book demonstrate how these particular imaginings of Europe, often without first-hand experience of the continent, do not simply hold up a mirror toEurope, but dare to conceive of new perspectives and constellations for Europe that call fora shifting of critical positions. In so doing, the artistic visions from afar confirm the significanceof cultural imagination in (re)conceptualizing the past, present, and future of Europe.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of PostcolonialWriting