Inherited traumas in diaspora

Postmemory, past-presencing and mobilisation of second-generation Kurds in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID7767415
AuthorsB Baser (0000-0002-8583-5909, Durham University, corresponding author), Mari Toivanen (0000-0001-7308-571X, University of Helsinki)
Year2024
Volume47
Issue2
Pages297-320
Publication date2024-01-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2023.2261288
OpenAlexW4387354370
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited54

This article examines the way in which conflict-generated diasporas pass on collective memories of a violent past onto the next generation. It contributes to uncovering the intergenerational memory transmission patterns in the diaspora by examining how new generations inherit the experiences of a violent past from their parents and mobilise and demobilise around issues concerning such past. By focusing on the Kurdish diaspora as a case study, the authors suggest that diasporas gradually form collective memories that may align with or differ from the narratives of those who stayed in their home countries. The collective memory of diasporic communities is also shaped by various factors related to their new countries of residence. This diasporic memory is ever evolving, influenced by each new generation that not only inherits but also reinterprets the shared memories, asserting their own agency in this ongoing process

Agency (philosophy · Art · Collective memory · Diaspora · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Residence · Social science · Sociology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society

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