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Diaspora of the City: Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens

İlay Romain Örs

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

Book Details

  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publish Date: Nov 12nd, 2017
  • Pages: 264
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2018 - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.27in - 5.83in - 0.69in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9781137554857
  • Categories: Sociology - UrbanAnthropology - Cultural & SocialEmigration & Immigration

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.