The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and 'Medz Yeghern'

ISBN-13: 9780755641123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 296 str.

Vartan Matiossian

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Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction Silencing the Name Part I Language and History Chapter 1 Yeghern until the Late Nineteenth Century Chapter 2 Yeghern before and after 1915 Chapter 3 Medz Yeghern and “Genocide” in Armenia and the Diaspora Part II Politics and Language Chapter 4 Vatican: “From the Depths of the Metz Yeghérn” Chapter 5 Turkey: “The Denial of the Great Catastrophe” Chapter 6 United States: “Genocide of the Armenians” and “Meds Yeghern” Chapter 7 From Uruguay to the United States: On Words of Recognition Conclusion Unsilencing the Name Appendix A The Meaning of Yeghern in Scholarship Appendix B Yeghern and “Genocide” in Memorial Inscriptions Bibliography