Stateless
The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile
Syracuse University Press · Print & ebook · February 20, 2023
In Stateless, Talar Chahinian offers a rich exploration of Western Armenian literary history in the wake of the 1915 genocide that led to the dispersion of Armenians across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and beyond.
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- Who it’s for
- A study of Western Armenian literature traces postwar literary histories in Paris and Beirut.
- Themes
- Armenian diaspora literature, Belonging in exile, National identity and diaspora diversity
- Genres
- Race & Culture in Literature, Middle Eastern Lit Crit, Literature & History
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In Stateless, Talar Chahinian offers a rich exploration of Western Armenian literary history in the wake of the 1915 genocide that led to the dispersion of Armenians across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and beyond. Chahinian highlights two specific time periods—post WW I Paris and Post WW II Beirut—to trace the ways in which literature developed in each diaspora.
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In Paris, a literary movement known as Menk addressed the horrors they experienced and focused on creating a new literary aesthetic centered on belonging while in exile. In Beirut, Chahinian shows how the literature was nationalized in the absence of state institutions. Armenian intellectuals constructed a unified and coherent narrative of the diaspora that returned to the pre-1915 literary tradition and excluded the Menk generation. Chahinian argues that the adoption of ?national? as the literature's organizing logic ultimately limited its vitality and longevity as it ignored the diverse composition of diaspora communities.
Armenian Literary Histories
A study of Western Armenian literature traces postwar literary histories in Paris and Beirut.
Come here for
- Menk’s literary response to exile and belonging
- Postwar Armenian literary life in Beirut
Expect
- A contrast between Menk and Beirut’s nationalized literary narrative
- An argument about how national logic constrained diaspora literature
Where it sits
| Race & Culture in Literature | 43% |
|---|---|
| Middle Eastern Lit Crit | 37% |
| Literature & History | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Eastern European History
- East European Literary Criticism
- European Studies
- Authors
- Talar Chahinian
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Published
- February 20, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Armenian diaspora literature · Belonging in exile · National identity and diaspora diversity
- Reading lane
- Eastern European History