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Diaspora of the City: Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens
I. Ors
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
As the former capital of two great empires-Eastern Roman and Ottoman-Istanbul has been home to many diverse populations, a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society, yet their leading status during the centuries of imperial cosmopolitanism has faded. They have even been brought to the brink of disappearance in their home city. Scattered around the world as a result of the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism, the Rum Polites in the diaspora of Istanbul ( the City or Poli) continue to identify with its cosmopolitan legacy, as ... Read more
As the former capital of two great empires-Eastern Roman and Ottoman-Istanbul has been home to many diverse populations, a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society, yet their leading status during the centuries of imperial cosmopolitanism has faded. They have even been brought to the brink of disappearance in their home city. Scattered around the world as a result of the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism, the Rum Polites in the diaspora of Istanbul ( the City or Poli) continue to identify with its cosmopolitan legacy, as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137554857
SKU
V9781137554857
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About I. Ors
Ilay Romain OErs is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. OErs continues to teach, research, and publish on urban communities, political movements, cultural identity, displacement, and cosmopolitanism in Greece, Turkey, and the Mediterranean.
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