“I think it is [the] mother who keeps things going”: The gendered division of labor in the transmission of memory of the Armenian Genocide
In this paper, we discuss what role gender plays in remembering, transmitting, and reframing memories of the Armenian Genocide in order to address the question of how young Armenian women negotiate their roles in this process. Centering the societal roles of memory transmission, we employ the specif...
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| Published in: | Memory studies Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 1173 - 1188 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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London, England
SAGE Publications
01-10-2023
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| Summary: | In this paper, we discuss what role gender plays in remembering, transmitting, and reframing memories of the Armenian Genocide in order to address the question of how young Armenian women negotiate their roles in this process. Centering the societal roles of memory transmission, we employ the specific sociological lens of gender to analyze 26 interviews conducted in Beirut during the week of the official commemorations of the Armenian Genocide in 2016. We define gender as the social construction of a stylized repetition of acts that reflect power relations. Accordingly, the examination of these power relations is necessary not only to understand the experiences and testimonies of men and women, but also the transmission of memory. While understanding Armenian youth as agents of the collective memory, gender allows us to discuss different patterns of remembrance and transmission. We therefore argue that gender influences how individuals remember the Armenian Genocide, as it underpins the (historically) assigned roles of memory and transmission. |
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| ISSN: | 1750-6980 1750-6999 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1750698020988755 |