Description
During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. And while few dispute the expulsion's tragic scope, it remains the subject of fierce controversy, as activists have fought for international recognition of an atrocity they consider comparable to the Armenian genocide. This book provides a much-needed analysis of the Greek genocide as cultural trauma. Neither taking the genocide narrative for granted nor dismissing it outright, Erik Sjöberg instead recounts how it emerged as a meaningful but contested collective memory with both nationalist and cosmopolitan dimensions.
Author: Erik Sjöberg
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 11/23/2018
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781789200638
ISBN10: 1789200636
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East | Turkey & Ottoman Empire
- Political Science | Genocide & War Crimes
- History | Europe | Greece (see also Ancient | Greece)