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Title: Memory & Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia’s Greek Immigrants After World War II and the Greek Civil War
Author: DAMOUSI JOY
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 12/11/2015
Imprint: CAMBRIDGE UNI PRESS
Price: $123.95
Publishing status: Active
In an engaging and original contribution to the field of memory studies, Joy Damousi considers the enduring impact of war on family memory in the Greek diaspora. Focusing on Australia’s Greek immigrants in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, the book explores the concept of remembrance within the larger context of migration to show how intergenerational experience of war and trauma transcend both place and nation. Drawing from the most recent research in memory, trauma and transnationalism, Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War deals with the continuities and discontinuities of war stories, assimilation in modern Australia, politics and activism, child migration and memories of mothers and children in war. Damousi sheds new light on aspects of forgotten memory and silence within families and communities, and in particular the ways in which past experience of violence and tragedy is both negotiated and processed.
Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
ISBN: 9781107115941
Weight: 530g
Dimension: 228mm X 152mm
Pages: 271