The many faces of Turkish Odessa: Multiple alliances across the Black Sea

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The many faces of Turkish Odessa : Multiple alliances across the Black Sea. / Skvirskaja, Vera.

In: Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, No. 70, 2014, p. 49-63.

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Skvirskaja, V 2014, 'The many faces of Turkish Odessa: Multiple alliances across the Black Sea', Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, no. 70, pp. 49-63. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2014.700105

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Skvirskaja, V. (2014). The many faces of Turkish Odessa: Multiple alliances across the Black Sea. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, (70), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2014.700105

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Skvirskaja V. The many faces of Turkish Odessa: Multiple alliances across the Black Sea. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 2014;(70):49-63. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2014.700105

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Skvirskaja, Vera. / The many faces of Turkish Odessa : Multiple alliances across the Black Sea. In: Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 2014 ; No. 70. pp. 49-63.

Bibtex

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abstract = "The article discusses regional territoriality by looking at the heterogeneous community of Turkish male migrants and the multiple alliances they establish in post-Soviet Odessa, Ukraine. In its public image, the city plays down ideas of urban continuities with the Ottoman past, but new relations between Turkish newcomers and various Turkic-speaking groups in the area both create different and overlapping “ecumenical communities” and actualize long-forgotten connections or marginal historical visions. These migrants also generate important links to the area through marriage and intimate relations with Slav women. I argue that alliances between Turkish migrants and Turkic-speaking minorities and local women not only allow them to make the city their own, but also create a distance from wider Odessan society.",
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