The Pontic Myth of Homeland
Cultural Expressions of Nationalism and Ethnicism in Pontos and Greece, 1870–1990
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12211779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Fann (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 340-356 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Refugee Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-6328 • E-ISSN: 1471-6925 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jrs/4.4.340 |
| OpenAlex | W2011754159 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Since their arrival in Greece as refugees in 1922–3, the Pontic Greeks have changed their community’s cultural orientation. They are no longer solely nationalistic Greeks fighting to rejoin their fortunes with the homeland, but have also become ethnicists struggling to maintain an identity within it. The shift in orientation can be traced through the changes in meaning of the Pontic slogan, ‘ I Romania ki an perasen, anthei kai ferei ki allo ’ ‘Even though our land has passed away, it will flower and bear again.’ The change in orientation is also evident in the religious significance which they began to accord their quest for ethnic identity, and in the myth around which they structure their theatrical productions
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Ethnic group · Greeks · Homeland · Identity (music · Mythology · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Slogan · Sociology · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Irish and British Studies · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |