Diaspora of the City

The first anthropological study of the Greek Orthodox community displaced from Istanbul to Athens
Redefines what constitutes a diasporic, minority, or migrant community in the urban setting
Relates and explores ethnographic stories from members of the Rum Polites community

Autorentext
lay Romain Örs is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. Örs continues to teach, research, and publish on urban communities, political movements, cultural identity, displacement, and cosmopolitanism in Greece, Turkey, and the Mediterranean.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Basics and Beginnings.- 2. Cosmopolitan Knowledge: Impressions from Everyday Life in Athens.- 3. Exclusive Diversity and the Ambiguity of Being Out of Place.- 4. Resolutionary Recollections: Event, Memory, and Sharing the Suffering.- 5. Capital of Memory: Cosmopolitanist Nostalgia in Istanbul.- 6. Epilogue: An Attempt to Update: Prospects for the Community, the City, and Cosmopolitanism.