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040			_aAM-YeNLA _beng
041	0		_aeng
080			_a9:323.15](56)+9:325.2](495) (NLA)
100	1		_aÖrs, İlay Romain
245	1	0	_aDiaspora of the city : _bstories of cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens / _cİlay Romain Örs.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2018.
300			_axxv, 264 pages ; _c22 cm.
520			_a"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 migrant community in different multicultural urban settings, past and present."-- Provided by publisher
650	1	4	_aCosmopolitanism
651		4	_aAthens (Greece) _xHistory
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998			_cNLAHASMIK_15
999			_c1861371 _d1861349