There Was and There Was Not: A journey through hate and possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and beyond
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Ebook
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780805097634
Description: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.
Table of contents: label: Copyright Notice; label: Dedication; label: Map; label: Notes on Language; label: Part One
title: Diaspora; label: 1
title: When We Talk About What Happened; label: 2
title: Summer Camp, Franklin, Massachusetts, 1989; label: 3
title: “How Did They Kill Your Grandparents?”; label: 4
title: A Real Armenian; label: 5
title: False Assumptions; label: 6
title: “With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?”; label: Part Two
title: Alternate Realities; label: 7
title: “So You Are a Bit Mixed Up Now”; label: 8
title: “Armenians Are Killers of Children”; label: 9
title: January 19, 2007; label: Part Three
title: Turkey; label: 10
title: Paradoxes; label: 11
title: Language; label: 12
title: Knowing and Not Knowing; label: 13
title: How to Be a Turk; label: 14
title: Official History; label: Part Four
title: Armenia; label: 15
title: Country on Maps; label: 16
title: Hello, Homeland!; label: 17
title: Reunions; label: Part Five
title: Power; label: 18
title: The Narcissism of Small Similarities; label: 19
title: Excess Baggage; label: 20
title: Soccer Diplomacy; label: 21
title: Terms; label: Acknowledgments; label: A Note On Sources and Selected Bibliography; label: About The Author; label: Copyright