Reproduction of Armenianness in Diasporic Spaces

This research is conceived as an empirically grounded analysis of ethnicity and diasporic identity. It seeks to understand how ethnicity works and is reproduced in diasporic space through focusing on the Armenian Diaspora in Turkey, Lebanon and Britain. Differently from traditional approaches, this book shows us that Armenianness is not a holistic "thing". Rather, it is socially constructed and consists of various cues affected by interactions and contexts. This book describes that the reproduction of Armenianness in diasporic spaces is a patchwork having countless patterns, colours, and meanings. Although all define themselves as Armenian, their understandings of Armenianness vary. Armenianness sometimes seems to be ethnic, nationalist, political, moderate or congregational among diasporic spaces.

Autorentext

Dr. Mustafa Tayfun Üstün completed his PhD in the Centre for Ethno-Political Studies at the University of Exeter. Currently, he is a lecturer in the department of International Relations at Ataturk University. His areas of specialisation and research include Turkey, the Middle East and Europe with focus on identity politics, diaspora, nationalism, political history, migration studies and foreign policy.