Collective Memory and Home in the Diaspora (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639048940)

This book examines the role of Armenian community centres, in relation to the local dwelling place of Montr饌l, the distant homeland, and the rest of the Armenian diaspora. Due to the staggering increase in migration and to the proliferation of transnational flows, our conception of home has substantially changed. Thus, what motivates immigrants to build centres representative of their ethnicity in their new dwelling places? Based on research at two Armenian community centres in Montr饌l, this book provides insight into how these mediated social spaces embody elements that represent the distant home, the diaspora, and the local dwelling place. Through methods of participant observation and interviews, this analysis demonstrates how diasporan Armenians living in Montr饌l, negotiate multiple cultural identities through their involvement with Armenian community centres and also how ethnic community centres articulate a collective memory in the present. This book therefore sheds light on the challenges and the complexities diasporic communities face and can be useful to scholars interested in diaspora studies, migration studies, collective memory, social work, and in urban studies.

Author: Lalai Manjikian
ISBN-10: 3639048946
ISBN-13: 9783639048940
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2008
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d