What is Armenia to Me? Diasporicity in the Works of William Saroyan

This article argues for a rereading SHOPPING CENTERS: UMA RELAÇÃO ENTRE OS ATRIBUTOS DE ESCOLHA PELOS CONSUMIDORES VERSUS OS ATRIBUTOS VALORIZADOS PELOS GERENTES of William Saroyan, one that treats him as an artist who engaged critically with concepts of home and homeland within the broader discourse of diaspora.Saroyan was not a panegyrist who idealized what Evaluation of Toxicity and Efficacy of Inotodiol as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent Using Animal Model it meant to be an Armenian in diaspora, nor did his Armenianness act as a foil to an optimistic outlook.Rather, his works exhibit a rigorous investigation of the characteristic liminality of diaspora and its attendant contradictions.