A Climate for Abduction, a Climate for Redemption
The Politics of Inclusion during and after the Armenian Genocide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2108779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lerna Ekmekcioglu (0000-0002-3735-4553, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 522-553 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417513000236 |
| OpenAlex | W2122285613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article explores a forcible, wartime transfer of women and minors from one ethnic group to another, and its partial reversal after the war. I analyze the historical conditions that enabled the original transfer, and then the circumstances that shaped the reverse transfer. The setting is Istanbul during and immediately after World War I, and the protagonists are various influential agents connected to the Ottoman Turkish state and to the Armenian Patriarchate. The absence and subsequent involvement of European Great Powers determines the broader, shifting context. The narrative follows the bodies of women and children, who were the subjects of the protagonists' discourses and the objects of their policies. This is the first in-depth study to connect these two processes involved: the wartime integration of Armenian women and children into Muslim settings, and postwar Armenian attempts to rescue, reintegrate, and redistribute them. I explain why and how the Armenianvorpahavak(gathering of orphans and widows) worked as it did, and situate it comparatively with similar events. I highlight its uniqueness, and the theoretical possibilities that it offers toward understanding why and how women, children, and reproduction matter to collectivities in crisis
Armenian · Ethnic Cleansing · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |