Diaspora of the City

¿lay Romain Örs

ISBN 10: 1137554851 / ISBN 13: 9781137554857

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan US, Palgrave Macmillan US Nov 2017, 2017

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Neuware -As the former capital of two great empires¿Eastern Roman and Ottoman¿Istanbul has been home to many diverse populations, a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society, yet their leading status during the centuries of imperial cosmopolitanism has faded. They have even been brought to the brink of disappearance in their home city. Scattered around the world as a result of the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism, the Rum Polites in the diaspora of Istanbul (¿the City¿ or Poli) continue to identify with its cosmopolitan legacy, as vividly shown through their everyday practices of distinction and cultural memory. By exploring the shifting meaning of cosmopolitanism in spatial and temporal contexts, Diaspora of the City examines how experiences of forced displacement can highlight changing conceptualizations of what constitutes a local, diasporic, minority, or migrantcommunity in different multicultural urban settings, past and present.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Diaspora of the City
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan US, Palgrave Macmillan US Nov 2017
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1137554851
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781137554857
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 153 H x 21 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 153 millimètres de hauteur par 21 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 493 grammes

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Synopsis

The first anthropological study of the Greek Orthodox community displaced from Istanbul to Athens
Redefines what constitutes a diasporic, minority, or migrant community in the urban setting
Relates and explores ethnographic stories from members of the Rum Polites community

À propos de l?auteur

İlay Romain Örs is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. Örs continues to teach, research, and publish on urban communities, political movements, cultural identity, displacement, and cosmopolitanism in Greece, Turkey, and the Mediterranean.