Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War
Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War
Published on 21. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-1-107-53693-7 (ISBN)
Description
In an engaging and original contribution to the field of memory studies, Joy Damousi considers the enduring impact of war on family memory in the Greek diaspora. Focusing on Australia's Greek immigrants in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, the book explores the concept of remembrance within the larger context of migration to show how intergenerational experience of war and trauma transcend both place and nation. Drawing from the most recent research in memory, trauma and transnationalism, Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War deals with the continuities and discontinuities of war stories, assimilation in modern Australia, politics and activism, child migration and memories of mothers and children in war. Damousi sheds new light on aspects of forgotten memory and silence within families and communities, and in particular the ways in which past experience of violence and tragedy is both negotiated and processed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-53693-7 (9781107536937)
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Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War
Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War
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11/2015
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Person
Joy Damousi is Professor of History at the University of Melbourne.
She has had a long-standing interest in Australian political history,
beginning with her first book published twenty years ago on women
in left-wing movements, Women Come Rally: Socialism, communism
and gender in Australia 1890-1955 (1994). Since then she has written
on various aspects of the politics and impact of war, migration
and internationalism throughout the Cold War period. Her books
include Living with the Aftermath: Trauma, Nostalgia and Grief in
Post-war Australia (2001), Freud in the Antipodes: A Cultural History
of Psychoanalysis in Australia (2005) and Colonial Voices: A Cultural
History of English in Australia 1840-1940 (2010). She is co-editor of
Diversity in Leadership: Australian Women, Past and Present (2014).
Content
Introduction; 1. Greek war stories in Australia: continuities and discontinuities; 2. Assimilation in modern Australia; 3. War stories and the migration generation; 4. Politics and activism; 5. The Greek Civil War and child migration to Australia; 6. Remembering the 'Paidomazoma': memories of mothers and children in war; 7. Legacies: second generation Greek-Australians; 8. The shadow of war; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.