Diaspora of the City Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens /
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 duri...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan US,
2018.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
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| ISBN: | 9781137554864 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Introduction: Basics and Beginnings
- 2. Cosmopolitan Knowledge: Impressions from Everyday Life in Athens
- 3. Exclusive Diversity and the Ambiguity of Being Out of Place
- 4. Resolutionary Recollections: Event, Memory, and Sharing the Suffering
- 5. Capital of Memory: Cosmopolitanist Nostalgia in Istanbul
- 6. Epilogue: An Attempt to Update: Prospects for the Community, the City, and Cosmopolitanism.