Book
Armenian village life before 1914
Wayne State University Press • Detroit • Published In 1982 • Pages:
By: Villa, Susie Hoogasian, Matossian, Mary Allerton Kilbourne.
Abstract
This book describes aspects of traditional Armenian village life based on interviews with refugees from Ottoman massacres in Western Armenia (eastern Turkey). A major theme is the centrality of Christianity in shaping the social organization of village communities, marriage practices, perceptions of nature, and changes in fortune, including the occurrence of illness and death. Other topics covered include daily routines of families, child rearing practices, and organized ceremonials.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Caucasus
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Folklorist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi A. Adem
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1850–1914
- Coverage Place
- eastern Turkey (Western Armenia); Armenia; Georgia
- Notes
- by Susie Hoogasian Villa and Mary Kilbourne Matossian
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 82008521
- LCSH
- Armenia--Social life and customs