Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor

Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor Kessab, Aleppo and Deir Ez-Zor in the Syrian War - Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology

1st Edition 2021

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This volume examines significant social transformations engendered by the ongoing Syrian conflict in the lives of Syrian Armenians. The authors draw on documentary material and fieldwork carried out in 2013-2019 among Syrian Armenians in Armenian and Lebanese urban settings. The stories of Syrian Armenians reveal how contemporary events are seen to have direct links to the past and to reproduce memories associated with the Armenian genocide; the contemporary involvement of Turkey in the Syrian war, for example, is seen on the ground as an attempt to control the Armenian presence in Syria. Today, the Syrian Armenian identity encapsulates the complex intersection of memory, transnational links to the past, collective identity and lived experience of wartime "everydayness." Specifically, the analysis addresses the role of memory in key events, such as the bombing of Armenian historical sites during the commemorations of 24 April in the Eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor; the (perceived) shift from destroying Syrian Armenians' material culture to attempting to destroy the Armenian community in urban Aleppo; and the informal transactions that take place in the border area of Kessab. This carefully-researched ethnography will appeal to scholars of anthropology, sociology, and political science who specialize in studies of conflict, memory and diaspora.

 

Book information

ISBN: 9783030723217
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2021
Language: English
Number of pages: 309
Weight: 376g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 17mm