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The Right to Return and the Meaning of Home

The Right to Return and the Meaning of Home

A PostSoviet Greek Diaspora Becoming European?

by Eftihia Voutira
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/03/2012

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How do people who were part of an extant socioeconomic and political system adapt in another world order? This book ethnographically addresses the two complementary processes of Pontic Greeks' ethnic displacement over a century: diaspora and repatriation. Longitudinal data is employed to argue that the concept of 'repatriation' should be construed as 'affinal', in the sense of 'return to each other', rather than 'return to a place'. The book documents the impact of multiple persecutions under Stalinism on the formation of a Soviet Greek collective identity. It explores the meaning of 'repatriation' and the emergence of a European identity as an option. The acquisition of this novel identity becomes a privilege entailing the right to move across and within the borders of Europe.
ISBN:
9783643901071
9783643901071
Category:
Physical anthropology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-03-2012
Publisher:
Lit Verlag
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
229x152mm
Weight:
0.54kg

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