Vahé Tachjian

Daily Life in the Abyss (eBook, ePUB)

Genocide Diaries, 1915-1918

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing. Consequently, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide's victims. Daily Life in the Abyss illuminates this aspect through the intertwined stories of two Armenian families who endured forced relocation and deprivation in and around modern-day Syria. Through analysis of diaries and other source material, it reconstructs the rhythms of daily life within an often bleak and hostile environment, in the face of a gradually disintegrating social fabric.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785334955
• Artikelnr.: 48567202

Autorenporträt

Vahé Tachjian received his doctorate at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His numerous articles and books examine French colonialism, Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and refugee issues in the Middle East. He is the project director and the chief editor of the Berlin-based Houshamdyan website, which aims to reconstruct Ottoman Armenians' local history and life stories.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Diarist, his Environment, and the Reasons for Keeping a
Diary
Chapter 2. The Deportees in the Region of Bilad al-Sham: A Race Against
Time at Breakneck Speed
Chapter 3. The Circle of Salvation in Extreme Conditions:
Money-Food-Connections
Chapter 4. Descriptions of the Deportees' Decline: The Deaths of Shoghagat,
Hagop, Krikor, Diruhi, and Many Others
Chapter 5. From Forced Islamization to Emancipation: Two Historical
Episodes and their Contradictions
Afterword
Glossary
Index