SLOVO O MOSTARU KAO DRUGOM U PUTOPISU CRNO JAGNJE I SIVI SOKO REBECCE WEST
A WORD ABOUT MOSTAR AS THE OTHER IN REBECCA WEST’S TRAVELOGUE BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON

Summary/Abstract: The symbiosis of European and Oriental climate in the Balkans, especially in the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has always been a source of curiosity for Western cultures. his is evidenced by a number of literary publications, among which, according to the popularity and strength of the views and stereotypes expressed, the travelogue of Rebecca West stands out. Various works deal with the concept of balkanism (Western stereotypes of the Balkans) in West’s travelogue but hardly any of these pay attention to the balkanist representation of Herzegovina in the above-mentioned travelogue. he chapter about Herzegovina contains a subchapter about Mostar and its surroundings in which the authoress describes architecture, religion, fashion, and the behavior of men and women with a special on emphasis on the Muslim population. he aim of this paper is to present some examples of the balkanist discourse (racial, ethnic, gender, and religious) in Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, as well as the discursive modalities which West uses to construct Mostar and its surroundings as the Other. he paper also questions the impact of West’s travelogue on the political turmoil in B&H by the end of the 20th century, i.e. its status of a literary political discourse that has great echoes today in the socio-political context of the Balkans and beyond.

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