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ERIC Number: EJ1066531
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1913-9020
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Roots and Routes: Road from Home to America, Middle East and Diaspora, about Being Armenian Genocide Female Survivor
Aghajanian, Ani Derderian
International Education Studies, v4 n3 p66-71 Aug 2011
Adolf Hitler, on August 22, 1939 stated, "I have given orders to my Death Units to exterminate without mercy or pity men, women, and children belonging to the Polish-speaking race. It is only in this manner that we can acquire the vital territory which we need. After all, who remembers today the extermination of the Armenians?" (Kherdian, 1979). Armenia is a land which has been ravaged by war on far too many occasions. Other nations keep turning it into a battlefield and tearing it apart. Armenian people have survived for many generations and their stories are told and retold during the hard winters. Armenians' survived just as Armenia and Armenian culture have survived (Downing, 1972). Therefore, diverse life experience, traditions, histories, values, world views, and perspectives of the diverse cultural groups make up a society and preserve culture (Mendoza and Reese, 2001). In this study, two Armenian books "The Road from Home" and "The Knock at the Door" were analyzed. These books are organized as personal stories and experiences about Armenian female genocide survivors and are supplemented by background information on Armenian people before and after the genocide of their culture, including a brief history, discussion of traditions, recipes, music and religion. These stories are a great resource for educators, historians, students, and anyone interested in Armenian culture. That is culture is an historical process of humanity that preserves identity and ties the people together. Additionally, culture is the link between people and their value systems. Therefore, Norms and values addressed in stories are important factors that give continuity to cultures (Stephens, 1992).
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Armenia
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