A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America
A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America

Author: Marilyn Rouvelas

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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"A clear and comprehensive guide to the religious and secular life of the Greek-American community," including naming a baby, planning a baptism, observing name days, baking communion bread, buying popular Greek music, what to say (in Greek) on special occasions, and much more.

Anglo-American Perceptions of Hellenism
Anglo-American Perceptions of Hellenism

Author: Tatiani Rapatzikou

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1443802735

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In this volume an attempt is made to tackle Hellenism as a global and transcultural entity. Through an array of essays, this book constitutes a comparative study of various literary, cultural and artistic trends as these develop throughout the course of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries on both sides of the Atlantic. Having been designed with the general as well as the specialized reader in mind, this book will prove to be a valuable guide to scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as to a broad spectrum of readers with an interest in comparative literature, cultural history, history of the classical heritage, transatlantic studies, English and American romantic, modernist and postmodernist narratives. Its diverse material falls under the umbrella terms of “English Hellenisms” and “American Hellenisms” with the intention of enhancing intercultural dialogue and understanding. By embracing multivocality, as proven by the number of articles it contains, this book proves the tenacity, diachronic and intercontinental appeal of Hellenism at the era of multiculturalism and globalization.

Greek Americans
Greek Americans

Author: Charles C. Moskos

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-13

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1351516728

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This is an engrossing account of Greek Americans--their history, strengths, conflicts, aspirations, and contributions. This is the story of immigrants, their children and grandchildren, most of whom maintain an attachment to Greek ethnic identity even as they have become one of this country's most successful ethnic groups.

The Call of the Homeland
The Call of the Homeland

Author: Allon Gal

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9004182101

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This book brings together an array of distinguished scholars to consider diaspora nationalism. Through theoretical, typological and case-specific essays that discuss the Jewish, Greek, Armenian, Irish, Turkish, Sikh, Ukrainian, Hindu, Pentecostal and Muslim diasporas, the book shows the varieties and qualities of attachment of diaspora communities to their ancestral homelands, and the role that hostlands as well as the immigrants play in the form and intensity of these attachments. Setting contemporary diaspora nationalisms in the context of globalisation, with its ever-developing methods of transportation and communication, the book further shows the emergence of new concepts of diaspora - new notions of being at home and away from home - and of new ways of creating and sustaining ethnic networks and contact with the homeland, such as the internet and tourism.

The Future of Hellenism in America
The Future of Hellenism in America

Author: Van Coufoudakis

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781889247090

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"This volume is a collection of papers presented at the annual AHIF conferences on "The Future of Hellenism in America" held throughout the United States since 2002. The selected papers are organized along eight themes: Defining and promoting Hellenism in the United States; The role of the media; The importance of participation in the political process; The future of Greek American organizations; Modern Greek Studies programs in American universities; The teaching of the Greek language; Issues affecting Greek American identity; and Hellenism and the role of the Orthodox Church. These papers show the growth, evolution, and success of an immigrant community that confronted serious discrimination in the first quarter of the twentieth century but rose to prominence in all aspects of American life through its own efforts"--

Educating Greek Americans
Educating Greek Americans

Author: Fevronia K. Soumakis

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 3030398277

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This edited collection considers Greek American formal and informal educational efforts, institutions, and programs, broadly conceived, as they evolved over time throughout the United States. The book’s focus on Greek Americans aims to highlight the vast array of educational responses to local needs and contexts as this distinct, yet, heterogeneous immigrant community sought to maintain its linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage for over one hundred years. The chapters in this volume amend the scholarly literature that thus far has not only overlooked Greek American educational initiatives, but has also neglected to recognize and analyze the community’s persistence in sustaining them. This book is an important contribution to an understanding of Greek Americans’ long overdue history as a significant diaspora community within an American context.