Remembering Absence: The Sense of Life in Island Greece

by Nicolas Argenti

Book Overview

Drawing on research conducted on Chios during the sovereign debt crisis that struck Greece in 2010, Nicolas Argenti follows the lives of individuals who symbolize the transformations affecting this Aegean island. As witnesses to the crisis speak of their lives, however, their current anxieties and frustrations are expressed in terms of past crises that have shaped the dramatic history of Chios, including the German occupation in World War II and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253040663
• ISBN13: 9780253040664
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher