Armenian Diaspora: Discovering Anatolia in Los Angeles
Living in the diaspora and dealing with emotions of disconnect and longing are very difficult to grasp for those who have never lived away from their homes, wherever that ‘home’ may be. Whether voluntary or forceful, physical separation from one’s homeland is a major trauma that can morph into a perennial emotional longing. It might go unnoticed or can be repressed in some cases but this psyche reverberates a narrative of an imagined homeland noticeably amongst collectives that were exiled or survived massive traumas. The diaspora Armenians are prone to this nostalgic collective psyche pertaining to the massive human resources and economic losses during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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