Peter Najarian’s Illustrated Memoirs

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-58
Author(s):  
Hertha D. Sweet Wong
Keyword(s):  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
American Family ◽  
Autobiographical Narratives ◽  
Transgenerational Trauma ◽  
Western Art ◽  
Art And Literature ◽  
Book Format ◽  
Armenian American

This chapter discusses Peter Najarian’s illustrated memoirs, autobiographical narratives in book format that incorporate drawings, paintings, and photographs: Daughters of Memory, The Great American Loneliness, and The Artist and His Mother. The son of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, Najarian filters the story of his Armenian American family and community through Western art and literature, depicting his legacy of transgenerational trauma. In his assemblage of texts and images, Najarian grapples with the complex issues of representation, memory, history, and subjectivity, forcing readers to look anew.

Harems of the Mind: Passages of Western Art and Literature

2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Robert Fraser ◽  
Ruth Bernard Yeazell
Keyword(s):  
Western Art ◽  
Art And Literature ◽  
The Mind

scholarly journals Transgenerational Trauma and Mental Health Needs among Armenian Genocide Descendants

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10554
Author(s):  
Alissa Der Sarkissian ◽  
Jill D. Sharkey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
Transgenerational Trauma ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

The trauma of a genocide can be transmitted to subsequent generations though familial mental health, sociopolitical trauma, and cultural narratives, thereby impacting mental health and well-being. Understanding specific mechanisms that are unique to each ethnic group impacted by genocide illuminates cultural, sociopolitical, and individual factors related to the transmission. For the Armenian community, the unresolved historical loss of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, with the threat of acculturation for such a large diasporic population, a continued denial by the perpetrators, as well as subsequent generations’ refugee experiences, may further exasperate the impact of transgenerational trauma from the genocide. This literature review explores the mental health needs of Armenian youth in the current sociopolitical context and provides implications for how schools and communities may use this knowledge to inform supports that center Armenian community healing. Future directions for research are also discussed.

scholarly journals The Third-Generation Armenian American Writers Echo the Quest for Self-Identity with the Genocide at Its Core

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2 (10)) ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Rubina Peroomian
Keyword(s):  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Political Impact ◽  
Armenian American

The article presents the strife of numerous American writers of Armenian origin to identify their roots by literary portrayal of the tragic fate of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide. These stories, which are written in English, bear the cultural, religious, social-political impact that are typical of already the third generation of the Genocide survivors. However, all of them are based on the great tragedy of the Armenian Genocide and its continual refusal.

Takamura, Kôtarô (高村光太郎) (1883–1956)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Peters
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Folk Art ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
White Birch ◽  
Oil Painting ◽  
Western Art ◽  
Art And Literature ◽  
Japanese Art

Takamura Kôtarô was a sculptor, poet, and essayist associated with several important modern Japanese art and literature movements, including the Folk Art (Mingei) and White Birch (Shirakaba) movements. The son of sculptor Takamura Kôun (1852–1934), Takamura studied both sculpting and oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Art. After graduating in 1906, he travelled to New York, London, and Paris, learning widely about Western art movements and aesthetics. After returning to Japan in 1908, he authored ‘Green Sun’ (Midori iro no taiyô), a famous essay which argued for the inalienable right of an artist to absolute freedom of self-expression.

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