Urban Muslim migrants in Istanbul : identity and trauma among Balkan immigrants
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Urban Muslim migrants in Istanbul : identity and trauma among Balkan immigrants
(Library of modern Turkey, 24)
I.B. Tauris, 2017
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
-
Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
METU||325.2||U11917165
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Some fled following World War II, and travelled east by train to Istanbul with no more than a suitcase. And yet 50 years later, one of their migrant associations was second only to the Red Crescent in providing aid to the urban poor of Istanbul.Frances Trix analyses the development of the oldest such association, originally founded to welcome new migrants as they arrived from Skopje after World War II, and shows how Islam is central to its structure and practices. Her wide-ranging study variously focuses on its leadership, the growing role of women in the organisation, and the importance of music and poetry in coping with exile. In so doing, she raises wider questions concerning the preservation and articulation of identity amongst migrant communities. Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul is a rare ethnography of an Islamic urban group based on extensive archival research and interviews in various languages across Istanbul, Skopje and Kosovo. Trix's unique approach brings a human element to the study of forced migration, conflict and trauma and it is an important book for academics and policymakers interested in the Balkans, the Middle East, Turkey and migration studies.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Introduction
I. Becoming a Minority in Our Post-Ottoman Hometown
1. The Sultan's Last Visit to Rumeli
2. The Home City of UEskup (Skopje) between the World Wars
3. Three Strikes: World War II, Communism, State Terrorism
II. Taking the Plunge to a New Homeland
4. The Imperial City of Istanbul on a Downward Doze
5. The Hometown Association in Istanbul in the Early Years
6. The Rumeli Turks Grow in a Time of Coups
7. The Rumeli Turks Reach Out
8. The Rumeli Turks Deepen
Epilogue
by "Nielsen BookData"