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Gender, Genocide, and Ethnicity

The Legacies of Older Armenian American Mothers

Margaret M. Manoogian

Ohio University, Athens

Alexis J. Walker

Oregon State University, Corvallis

Leslie N. Richards

Oregon State University, Corvallis

Women use legacies to help family members articulate family identity, learn family history, and provide succeeding generations with information about family culture. Using feminist standpoint theory and the life-course perspective, this qualitative study examined the intergenerational transmissions that 30 older Armenian American mothers received and transmitted to succeeding generations within the sociohistorical experience of genocide. Mothers passed on legacies that included family stories, rituals/activities, and possessions. Because of multiple losses during the Armenian Genocide, they emphasized legacies that symbolized connection to family, underscored family cohesion, and accentuated ethnic identity. Tensions were evident as well because women's sense of responsibility for legacies clashed with their limited cultural knowledge, few inherited possessions, and the inevitable assimilation of their children and grandchildren into the dominant U.S. culture.

Key Words: families • gender • genocide • intergenerational relationships • legacies • Armenians

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 28, No. 4, 567-589 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06297605
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