EAN: 9781349717064

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY DIASPO...

As the former capital of two great empires-Eastern Roman and Ottoman-Istanbul has been home to
many diverse populations  a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking
Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society  yet their
leading status during the centuries of imperial cosmopolitanism has faded. They have even been
brought to the brink of disappearance in their home city. Scattered around the world as a
result of the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism  the Rum Polites in the diaspora of
Istanbul (the City or Poli) continue to identify with its cosmopolitan legacy  as vividly shown
through their everyday practices of distinction and cultural memory. By exploring the shifting
meaning of cosmopolitanism in spatial and temporal contexts  Diaspora of the City examines how
experiences of forced displacement can highlight changing conceptualizations of what
constitutes a local  diasporic  minority  or migrant community in different multicultural urban
settings  past and present.

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