Clothes and Textiles of Anatolian Greek Refugees : Embodied Memories on Display.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chasioti, Eleni.

Series:

Forced Migration Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

Explores the displaced Anatolian Greek communities' identities and resilience before, during, and after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) through the language of clothing and textiles.

Contents:

FrontCover

Half-Title

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright Information

Abstract

Table of Contents

Note on language

Content warning

Introduction

Learning objectives

1 Historical context, refugees' arrival and their new life in Greece, contemporary matters

1.1 Framing the history

1.2 A short retrospection of the events that led to the Asia Minor Catastrophe

1.3 Refugees arrive in Greece

1.4 Contemporary matters: why is this topic still relevant today?

2 Museum objects narrate refugee stories

2.1 The meaning of objects

2.2 Collections in Greece founded by and dedicated to Asia Minor refugees

Educational Association of Varvasi, Faros Library, Chios

Museum of Asia Minor Hellenism "Filio Chaidemenou," Nea Filadelfeia, Attica

Centre for the Study and Promotion of Asia Minor Culture, Nea Ionia, Attica

Museum of Merimna, the Charitable Society of Pontic Ladies, Thessaloniki

History Museum, Alexandroupoli

3 A starting point for exploring refugee memory in contemporary Türkiye

4 The role of institutions in maintaining the memory of divided and displaced communities

4.1 Exhibitions organized in Greece on the centenary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe

4.2 Curatorial responsibility

5 Closing remarks

Why remember, especially when memory is painful?

Recommended projects

References

Recommended further reading

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-916985-46-7

1-916985-47-5

9781916985469

OCLC:

1572059985