TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aghanian,Denise
TI  - The Armenian diaspora: cohesion and fracture 
SN  - 9780761836834
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Lanham etc.
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - Armenians
KW  - Foreign countries
KW  - History
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Cultural assimilation
KW  - Social integration
KW  - England
KW  - Manchester
KW  - Diaspora
KW  - Manchester (England)
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - Includes notes and indexes; Bibliography: p. 203-210; Cont.: 1. Conceptual considerations of diaspora. 2.Situating ethnicity. 3. The Armenian diaspora -historical origins. 4. The contemporary Armenian diaspora. 5. Methodology. 6. The Manchester Armenians
N2  - A case study of the Armenian diaspora in Manchester, England, examining the complex social and political processes that maintain and shape Armenian identity. Professor Denise Aghanian uses a comparative analysis in order to understand other Armenian communities throughout the world and other self-defined diaspora groups, locating similarities and differences between the various groups. Aghanian provides a definition of diaspora and examines classic and contemporary theories of ethnicity while outlining how we construct our sense of identity in different settings. The tone of the study lends itself to a narration of the long, rich, and often traumatic history of the Armenian people: their adoption of Christianity; the rise of Armenian nationalism; the dispersion of the Armenians throughout the world; and their eventual independence. The outcome is a close look at how Armenians successfully balance lives rooted in a particular territory while sharing very different cultural and social spaces.--From publisher description
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