The Stone Dreams scandal
The Nagorny Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations in contemporary literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13102425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M M Mamedov (0009-0000-8343-934X, George Mason University, corresponding author), Mikail Mamedov |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 42-59 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caucasus Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-1199 • E-ISSN: 2376-1202 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23761199.2014.11417300 |
| OpenAlex | W2011901755 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article analyses the scandal that broke out in Azerbaijan after the publication of Stone Dreams , a novel by Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli. Stone Dreams depicted and condemned the persecution against the Armenian population in Baku and Sumgait in 1988-1990, as well as the early twentieth century massacre of the Armenian community in the writer’s home village, Aylis in Nakhichevan. Akram Aylisli touched on a taboo and in a context with weak civic and democratic institutions, the discussion of such traumatic events in Azerbaijan’s recent past proved unacceptable to both society and the ruling elite. This article reaches beyond contemporary debates, however, to cover earlier and less well-known works with Armenian-Azerbaijani themes such as Evgeniy Voyskunskiy’s novel Maiden Dreams , Seymur Baycan’s Gugark , Maria Martirosova’s Photos To Remember Me By and Levon Javakhian’s short story “Kirve”. These works are reviewed here in terms of how they address issues of conflict, reconciliation and responsibility. This article underscores the importance of literary works dealing with conflict, as they usually reach a much broader audience than academic books
Ancient history · Archaeology · Armenian · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Elite · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Taboo · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Soviet and Russian History · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |