We are all Armenian : voices from the diaspora

Book 2023

"The memoirs in this collection deal with the contemporary encounters of Armenians and their interactions with and understanding of their ancestral culture. The volume attempts to pull apart what it means to be a diasporic Armenian at this cultural moment, when Armenians, alongside other marginal voices, are grappling with their place in North American identity discourse, especially for those Armenians also in other, marginalized groups (gay/quee...

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Armenian diaspora

Armenians North America Biography

Armenians North America Ethnic identity

Armenians Social life and customs

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Autobiographies Biographies

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ISBN:

9781477326794

Edition:

First edition

Description:

pages cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

How Armenian funeral halva helped my family find home in America / Liana Aghajanian
Hava Nagila / Naira Kuzmich
"Where are you from-No, where are you really from" / Sophia Armen
An inter/racial love history / Kohar Avakian
Language lessons / Nancy Kricorian
A good, solid name / Olivia Katrandjian
My Armenia : imagining and seeing / Chris McCormick
Inside the walls : reflections on revolutionary Armenians / Nancy Agabian
Going home again / Chris Bohjalian
Lost and found / Aline Ohanesian
A letter to my great-grandson / Raffi Joe Wartanian
Open wounds / Anna Gazmarian
the words / J. P. Der Boghossian
The road to belonging / Raffy Boudjikanian
The story of my body / Hrag Vartanian
Valley view : an Armenian diasporic account in lieu of a Glendale
Biennial review / Mashinka Firunts Hakopian
Perspectives on Artsakh from a Black Armenian Angeleno / Carene Rose Mekertichyan
We are all Armenian / Scout Tufankjian
Reading list of Armenian writers
Notes on the contributors

LCCN:

2022024373

Control Number:

3263075

Other Authors:

Mrjoian, Aram, editor

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