Daily Life in the Abyss

Genocide Diaries, 1915-1918
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78920-065-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 329 g

Reihe: War and Genocide

Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing. Consequently, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide’s victims. Daily Life in the Abyss illuminates this aspect through the intertwined stories of two Armenian families who endured forced relocation and deprivation in and around modern-day Syria. Through analysis of diaries and other source material, it reconstructs the rhythms of daily life within an often bleak and hostile environment, in the face of a gradually disintegrating social fabric.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tachjian, Vahé

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Diarist, his Environment, and the Reasons for Keeping a Diary

Chapter 2. The Deportees in the Region of Bilad al-Sham: A Race Against Time at Breakneck Speed

Chapter 3. The Circle of Salvation in Extreme Conditions: Money-Food-Connections

Chapter 4. Descriptions of the Deportees’ Decline: The Deaths of Shoghagat, Hagop, Krikor, Diruhi, and Many Others

Chapter 5. From Forced Islamization to Emancipation: Two Historical Episodes and their Contradictions

Afterword

Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tachjian, Vahé
Vahé Tachjian received his doctorate at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His numerous articles and books examine French colonialism, Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and refugee issues in the Middle East. He is the project director and the chief editor of the Berlin-based Houshamdyan website, which aims to reconstruct Ottoman Armenians’ local history and life stories.

Vahé Tachjian received his doctorate at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His numerous articles and books examine French colonialism, Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and refugee issues in the Middle East. He is the project director and the chief editor of the Berlin-based Houshamdyan website, which aims to reconstruct Ottoman Armenians’ local history and life stories.