Armenians in Bulgaria, Identity and Historical Memory, Takuhi Tavityan (softcover)

This book is a study of the identity and historical memory of the Armenian community in Bulgaria. Its innovative research perspective presents an analysis of various events and people who have been remembered by the Armenians in Bulgaria: the present-day Armenian identity emerges from the historical memories of events and people from the past. This perspective  has been achieved by analyzing historical sources and historiographical writings, researching periodicals and the Internet, conducting anthropological interviews and surveys among the Armenian community. Thus, based on a rich array of sources, this book outlines the role of the Armenian media in maintaining the identity of a group within a diaspora, numerous aspects of the historical memory and collective identity of the Armenians in Bulgaria, and the various factors that have impacted on their form and function in the present-day context.