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Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope

by Donald E. Miller and Lorna Touryan Miller
Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope

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ISBN13: 9780520234925
ISBN10: 0520234928



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A remarkable view of how geopolitics affects ordinary people, this book documents, in words and pictures, the lives of Armenians in the last two decades. Based on intimate interviews with three hundred Armenians and featuring Jerry Berndt's superb photographs, it brings together firsthand testimony about the social, economic, and spiritual circumstances of Armenians during the 1980s and 1990s, when the country faced an earthquake, pogroms, and war. At times shocking and deeply emotional, Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope is a story of extreme suffering and hardship, a searching look at the fight for independence, and an exceptionally complex portrait of the human spirit.

A companion to the Millers' highly acclaimed work Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide, which documented the genocide of 1915, this book focuses on four groups of people: survivors of the earthquakes that devastated northwestern Armenia in 1988; refugees from Azerbaijan who fled Baku and Sumgait because of pogroms against them; women, children, and soldiers who were affected by the war in Nagorno-Karabakh; and ordinary citizens who survived several winters without heat because of the blockade against Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan. The Millers' narrative situates these accounts contextually and thematically, but the voices of individuals remain paramount. The Millers also describe their personal experiences in repeated research trips, inviting us to look beyond the headlines and think beyond the circumstances of our own lives as they bring contemporary Armenia to life.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

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"Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope provides a moving testimony to the indomitable spirit and the character of the Armenian people. Both the text and the photos bespeak their courage and strength. This book will ennoble and inspire all who read it."and#151;David Ellenson, president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

"Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope is an extraordinary journey into the traumatic condition the Republic of Armenia has endured during the past 15 years. Donald and Lorna Touryan Miller put before us, in an elegant and unsentimental way, the voices of Armenian citizens as they discuss their struggles with natural disaster, massacre, war, and the ensuing Turkish and Azeri blockade of their country. In the depth and texture of these voices, the Millers have captured the agony and the resilience of human being as they struggle to keep their ancient civilization alive in its new era. Every citizen of the planet will want to read this book." and#151;Peter Balakian, author of Black Dog of Fate


About the Author

Donald E. Miller is Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California and author of Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium (California, 1997) and The Case for Liberal Christianity (1981), among other books. Lorna Touryan Miller is Director of the Office for Creative Connections at All Saints Church in Pasadena, California. The Millers coauthored Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide (California, 1993). Jerry Berndt has taught photography at the Art Institute of Boston and the University of Massachusetts. He recieved a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1987, and work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Bibliothand#232;que Nationale, Paris.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Massive Destruction

The 1988 Earthquake

2. Random Violence

Pogroms in Azerbaijan

3. Fighting for Survival

The War of Independence in Nagorno-Karabakh

4. Surviving the Winter

Paying the Price for Independence

5. "We Live with Hope"

Reflections on Conditions in Armenia

6. Concluding Reflections

The Meaning of Being Human

Epilogue

Ten Years after Independence

Appendix 1: Research Methodology

Appendix 2: Interview Guide

Appendix 3: List of Interviewees

Bibliography

Index


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ISBN:
9780520234925
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
09/15/2003
Publisher:
University of California Press
Language:
English
Pages:
248
Height:
.84IN
Width:
6.34IN
LCCN:
2003000596
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2003
Series Volume:
v. 10, 11, 281-289
UPC Code:
2800520234927
Author:
Donald E Miller
Photo:
Jerry Berndt
Author:
Donald E. Miller
Author:
Lorna Touryan Miller
Subject:
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994.
Subject:
Armenians
Subject:
History
Subject:
Armenia
Subject:
Armenia (Republic) - History - 1920-1991
Subject:
PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism

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