The Armenian diaspora and stateless power : collective identity in the transnational 20th century / edited by Talar Chahinian, Sossie Kasbarian and Tsolin Nalbantian

Published: London ; New York, NY : I.B Tauris, [2024]
Copyright Date: ©2024
Physical Description: xii, 313 pages ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Chahinian, Talar, Kasbarian, Sossie, and Nalbantian, Tsolin

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Armenians in the modern and early modern world

Contents

In Lieu of an Introduction / Talar Chahinian, Sossie Kasbarian, Tsolin Nalbantian -- In search of the Sedentary : Armenian Diaspora Homelands between Addis Ababa, Jerusalem, Valence and Paris / Boris Adjemian -- Armenian Displaced Persons : From Funkerkaserne to Montebello / Gegham Mughnetsyan -- Diaspora-Homeland relations Re-examined : The case of Syrian Armenian in the Netherlands / Nare Galstyan -- Serialized Struggle for Power in the Armenian Periodical Press of Europe, Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries / Hasmik Khalapyan -- Transnational Politics and Governmental Strategies in the Formative Years of the PostGenocide Armenian Diaspora (1920s-1930s) / Vahe Sahakyan -- Defiant Adherence : Cultural Critiques in Late Twentieth Century Armenian Diaspora Literature / Lilit Keshishyan -- Liturgical Subject of the Armenian Apostolic Church : Recent Waves of Migration / Christopher Sheklian -- Sounding Armenian : The Contours of the Diasporic Musical Imaginary / Sylvia Alajaji -- "Toward the Diaspora" : The Performative Powers of Vahé Oshagan's Poetry / Karen Jallatyan -- "Our good Armenians" : Survival and Denial in Post-Genocide Turkey / Talin Suciyan -- Are Istanbul Armenians Diasporic? Unpacking the Famous Debate / Hrag Papazian -- Afterword / Khachig Tölölyan -- Epilogue / Sebouh Aslanian.

Summary

"From genocide, forced displacement, and emigration, to the gradual establishment of sedentary and rooted global communities, how has the Armenian diaspora formed and maintained a sense of collective identity? This book explores the richness and magnitude of the Armenian experience through the 20th century to examine how Armenian diaspora elites and their institutions emerged in the post-genocide period and used "stateless power" to compose forms of social discipline. Historians, cultural theorists, literary critics, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists explore the ways that national and transnational institutions were built in far-flung sites from Istanbul, Aleppo, Beirut and Jerusalem to Paris, Los Angeles, and the American mid-west. Exploring literary and cultural production as well as the role of religious institutions, the book probes the history and experience of the Armenian diaspora through the long 20th century, from the role of the fin-de-siècle émigré Armenian press to the experience of Syrian-Armenian asylum seekers in the 21st century. It shows that a diaspora's statelessness can not only be evidence of its power, but also how this "stateless power" acts as an alternative and complement to the nation-state"--

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ISBN

9780755648207 (hardback)
075564820X
9780755648214 (paperback)
0755648218

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Endowment Note

Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs

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