Overview
- The first anthropological study of the Greek Orthodox community displaced from Istanbul to Athens
- Redefines what constitutes a diasporic, minority, or migrant community in the urban setting
- Relates and explores ethnographic stories from members of the Rum Polites community
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology (PSUA)
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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 during the centuries of imperial cosmopolitanism has faded. They have even been brought to the brink of disappearance in their home city. Scattered around the world as a result of the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism, the Rum Polites in the diaspora of Istanbul (“the City” or Poli) continue to identify with its cosmopolitan legacy, as vividly shown through their everyday practices of distinction and cultural memory. By exploring the shifting meaning of cosmopolitanism in spatial and temporal contexts, Diaspora of the City examines how experiences of forced displacement can highlight changing conceptualizations of what constitutes a local, diasporic, minority, or migrantcommunity in different multicultural urban settings, past and present.
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
İlay Romain Örs is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. Örs continues to teach, research, and publish on urban communities, political movements, cultural identity, displacement, and cosmopolitanism in Greece, Turkey, and the Mediterranean.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diaspora of the City
Book Subtitle: Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens
Authors: İlay Romain Örs
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55486-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55485-7Published: 12 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71706-4Published: 20 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55486-4Published: 10 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2436
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2444
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 264
Topics: Diaspora, Cultural Anthropology, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban History