Research Catalog

Title

Hostages in the homeland, orphans in the diaspora : identity discourses among the Assyrian/Syriac elites in the European diaspora / Naures Atto.

Author

Atto, Naures.

Publication

Leiden : Leiden University Press, c2011.

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Details

Description

xvii, 607 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.

Summary

Naures Atto identifies in this historical anthropological analysis the present-day identity discourses among Assyrian/Syriac elites in the European diaspora. The most heated discussion during the last four decades among Assyrians/Syriacs has been what the 'correct name' of their people should be in Western languages. This study aims to develop a deeper understanding of this 'name debate'. The emigration of Assyrians/Syriacs from the Middle East and their settlement in Western countries dislocated their former identity discourses, which have since then entered into a transformation process and have been subsequently re-defined in relation to the new context. In this context, the 'name' of their people has become the core element in their new identity discourses, displacing previous nodal points such as religion and language.

Series Statement

LUP Dissertaties

Uniform Title

LUP dissertations.

Subject

• Assyrians > Europe > Ethnic identity
• Europe > Social aspects

Thesis (note)

• Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leidin, 2011.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-600).

Language (note)

• Summary in Dutch.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9789087281489
• 908728148X

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library