International encounters in captivity: the cross-cultural experiences of Australian POWs in the Ottoman Empire

Title: International encounters in captivity: the cross-cultural experiences of Australian POWs in the Ottoman Empire
Creator: Ariotti, Kate
Relation: Australians and the First World War: Local-Global Connections and Contexts p. 47-65
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5_4
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2017
Description: This chapter explores the cross-cultural encounters and experiences of Australian prisoners of war in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Transportation away from the battlefield, the ad hoc nature of the Ottoman prison camp system and the multinational population in the camps meant the Australians came into extended close contact with their captors, with fellow POWs of varied backgrounds, and with Ottoman civilians during their imprisonment. The chapter argues that the Australians interacted with those they encountered in captivity according to their pre-war conceptions of different racial and cultural groups. In doing so, the chapter offers insights into Australian attitudes towards ‘others’ before and during the war, and contributes to an understanding of captivity as representative of the global nature of the First World War.
Subject: Australia; First World War; World War I; Australian history; Australian POWs; Ottoman Empire
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1395072
Identifier: uon:33806
Identifier: ISBN:9783319515199
Language: eng

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