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Language Attitudes, Collective Memory and (Trans)National Identity Construction Among the Armenian Diaspora in Bulgaria

Language Attitudes, Collective Memory and (Trans)National Identity Construction Among the Armenian Diaspora in Bulgaria

Selvelli, Giustina

Paperback

Series: Studies on Language and Culture in Central and Eastern Europ, Book 44

Foreign Language GeneralLiterary CriticismLinguistics

ISBN10: 363188446X
ISBN13: 9783631884461
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Feb 27 2024
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book examines the processes of symbolic cultivation of identity promoted by Armenian cultural elites in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, focusing on the transmission of positive language ideologies and emotional elements related to collective memory. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and a range of primary materials, this work sheds light on the role of the Armenian alphabet in legitimizing collective visions of 'distinctiveness' and of the Armenian Genocide remembrance in shaping non-exclusive, transnational patterns of belonging. While contributing to the study of the complex dynamics and challenges of 'Armenian survival' across space and time, it situates the issue in the unique context of Bulgaria, analyzing, moreover, the impact of proximity to Turkey.

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