Daily life in the abyss : genocide diaries, 1915-1918 / Vahé Tachjian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tachjian, Vahé, author.

Contributor:

Goshgarian, G. M., translator.

Series:

War and genocide ; Volume 25.

War and genocide ; Volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pogharean, Grigor--Diaries.

Pogharean, Grigor.

Tʻawugchean, Nersēs, 1870-1934--Diaries.

Tʻawugchean, Nersēs.

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923--Personal narratives.

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.

Armenians--Syria--Diaries.

Armenians.

Armenians--Turkey--Diaries.

Armenians--Relocation--Syria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 208 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The diarist, his environment, and the reasons for keeping a diary

The deportees in the region of Bilad al-Sham : a race against time at breakneck

Speed

The circle of salvation in extreme conditions : money-food-connections

Descriptions of the deportees' decline : the deaths of Shoghagat, Hagop, Krikor

Diruhi, and many others

From forced Islamacization to emancipation : two historical episodes and their

Contradictions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781785334955

1785334956