Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide

by Elyse Semerdjian

Book Overview

A groundbreaking and profoundly moving exploration of the Armenian genocide, told through the traces left in the memories and on the bodies of its women survivors.

Foremost among the images of the Armenian Genocide is the specter of tattooed Islamized Armenian women. Blue tribal tattoos that covered face and body signified assimilation into Muslim Bedouin and Kurdish households. Among Armenians, the tattooed survivor was seen as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503636127
• ISBN13: 9781503636125
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"