[PDF] Armenian North American Literature eBook

Author : Lorne Shirinian
Publisher : Mellen Poetry Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :

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This volume goes through the pertinent moments in Armenian history to prepare an understanding of perhaps the most important fact of Armenian life, the genocide of 1915 which gave rise to the Armenian Diaspora. It employs a theoretical approach developed by Jurgen Link called collective symbols.

Author : David Gutman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 12,30 MB
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1474445268

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This book tells the story of Armenian migration to North America in the late Ottoman period, and Istanbul's efforts to prevent it. It shows how, just as in the present, migrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were forced to travel through clandestine smuggling networks, frustrating the enforcement of the ban on migration. Further, migrants who attempted to return home from sojourns in North America risked debarment at the border and deportation, while the return of migrants who had naturalized as US citizens generated friction between the United States and Ottoman governments. The author sheds light on the relationship between the imperial state and its Armenian populations in the decades leading up to the Armenian genocide. He also places the Ottoman Empire squarely in the middle of global debates on migration, border control and restriction in this period, adding to our understanding of the global historical origins of contemporary immigration politics and other issues of relevance today in the Middle East region, such borders and frontiers, migrants and refugees, and ethno-religious minorities.

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230862729

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Aram Haigaz, Ararat Quarterly, Armenian American, Armenian American literature, Armenian American Political Action Committee, Armenian American Wellness Center, Armenian Church Youth Organization of America, Armenian General Benevolent Union, Armenian Genocide Museum of America, Armenian Library and Museum of America, Armenian National Committee of America, Armenian Power, Armenian Youth Federation, A & M Karagheusian, List of Armenian American politicians, Proletar. Excerpt: Armenian Americans (Armenian: ) are Americans of Armenian origin. They form the second largest community in the Armenian diaspora after Armenians in Russia. The first major wave of Armenian immigration to the US took place in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Armenians fled the Hamidian massacres (1894-1896) and Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) that were taking place in the Ottoman Empire. Since the 1950s, Armenians from USSR, Turkey, Iran and Lebanon have migrated to America as a result of instability in those countries, and since the late 1980s, immigrants from Soviet Armenia could be found as well. Since the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991 and the following war with neighboring Azerbaijan, additional Armenians fled to the US. The Armenian American community is the most politically influential community of the Armenian diaspora. Organizations such as Armenian National Committee of America and Armenian Assembly of America advocate for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the US government and support stronger Armenia-United States relations. AGBU is known for its financial support and promotion of Armenian cultural and Armenian language schools. The Armenian language (both the Eastern and mainly the Western dialects) is spoken in the US, especially in California, where most recent Armenian...

Author : Lorne Shirinian
Publisher : Lewiston, N.Y. ; Queenston, Ont. : E. Mellen Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
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Essays included in this volume are: Armenian-North American literature and the possibility of a Diaspora culture; lost fathers and abandoned sons - the silence of generations in Armenian-North American literature; Armenia imagined - homeland and Diaspora in Armenian-North American literature; and exile, Diaspora and the Armenian writer in a multicultural Canada. The essays stand in relation to the late-20th-century events in the Community of Independent States, specifically the independence of the Republic of Armenia, represents late-1990s thinking on the Diaspora.

Author : David Kherdian
Publisher : Heyday
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :

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A collection of writings by seventeen first-generation Armenian American authors, including Michael J. Arlen, Richard Hagopian, Leon Surmelian, and Emmanuel P. Varandyan, accompanied by biographical essays.

Author : Razmik Panossian
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2006-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231511339

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The Armenians traces the evolution of Armenia and Armenian collective identity from its beginnings to the Armenian nationalist movement over Gharabagh in 1988. Applying theories of national-identity formation and nationalism, Razmik Panossian analyzes different elements of Armenian identity construction and argues that national identity is modern, predominantly subjective, and based on a political sense of belonging. Yet he also acknowledges the crucial role of history, art, literature, religious practice, and commerce in preserving the national memory and shaping the cultural identity of the Armenian people. Panossian explores a series of landmark events, among them Armenians' first attempts at liberation, the Armenian renaissance of the nineteenth century, the 1915 genocide of the Ottoman Armenians, and Soviet occupation. He shows how these influences led to a "multilocal" evolution of Armenian identity in various places in and outside of Armenia, notably in diasporan communities from India to Venice. Today, these numerous identities contribute to deep divisions and tensions within the Armenian nation, the most profound of which is the cultural divide between Armenians residing in their homeland and those who live in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Considering the diversity of this single nation, Panossian questions the theoretical assumption that nationalism must be homogenizing. Based on extensive research conducted in Armenia and the diaspora, including interviews and translation of Armenian-language sources, The Armenians is an engaging history and an invaluable comparative study.