Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War

Joy Damousi (University of Melbourne)

Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
12 November 2015
Pages
274
ISBN
9781107115941

Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia’s Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War

Joy Damousi (University of Melbourne)

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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