Description
Ties to the homeland have always been a central focus of global diaspora and migration studies. How and why do the descendants of migrants maintain their attachment to the ancestral homeland? To what extent do emotional ties bind second and later generations of migrants to that place? Tsypylma Darieva examines various actors, channels and sites of transnational Armenian engagement that generate new pathways of diasporic >roots< mobility. Drawing on long-term ethnographic observations in Armenia and in the USA, she examines transnational flows of people, money and ideas to show the social and political significance that roots mobility acquires when the mythical >homeland< becomes a real place.
About the Author
Dr Tsypylma Darieva (PD) is a social anthropologist and a senior researcher at the Centre for East European and international Studies (ZOiS) Berlin, where she coordinates the research cluster "Migration and Diversity". She received her doctorate in anthropology and her German academic degree as Dr. phil. Habil at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. Her research is focused on the anthropology of migration, diaspora and transnationalism, post-socialist urban cultures and religious plurality in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Reviews
"The book provides a wealth of information on the engagement of the Armenian diaspora settled in North America, and examines types of diaspora-homeland relations that are rarely put under the spotlight."
Book Information
ISBN 9783837662542
Author Tsypylma Darieva
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
