Book

Armenian-Americans: from being to feeling Armenian

Transaction Publishers • Brunswick, N.J. • Published In 1993 • Pages:

By: Bakalian, Anny P..

Abstract

Based on the results of an extensive mail questionnaire, in-depth interviews, and participant observation in communal gatherings, this work presents an analysis of the individual and collective struggles of Armenian-Americans to preserve their cultural legacy while at the same time actively seeking new directions in attaining the 'American Dream' (dust jacket). This book describes how Armenians become distanced from their ethnic origins with the passing of each new generation, and how the ascribed, unconscious, compulsive ethnicity or Armenianness of the immigrant generation is gradually transformed into a voluntary, rational, situational ethnicity with time. Although the document deals extensively with problems of assimilation and identity, there is also much information here on the Armenian church, political parties, the Armenian-American community, language, and intermarriage.

HRAF PubDate

1996

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Sociologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1995

Field Date

1986

Coverage Date

ca. 1986

Coverage Place

Metropolitan New York and New Jersey, United States

Notes

Anny Bakalian

Includes bibliographic references (p. 445) and index

LCCN

91032396

LCSH

Armenian Americans