Cyprus and the Politics of Memory
History, Community and Conflict
The island of Cyprus has been bitterly divided for more than four decades. One of the most divisive elements of the Cyprus conflict is the writing of its history, a history called on by both communities to justify and explain their own notions of justice. While for Greek Cypriots the history of Cyprus begins with ancient Greece, for the Turkish Cypriot community the history of the island begins with the Ottoman conquest of 1571. The singular narratives both sides often employ to tell the story of the island are, as this volume argues, a means of continuing the battle which has torn the island apart, and an obstacle to resolution. Cyprus and t…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85772-256-0
- EAN: 9780857722560
- Produktnummer: 22575372
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'002 KB
Über den Autor
Rebecca Bryant is Associate Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University and author of Imagining the Modern: The Cultures of Nationalism in Cyprus (I.B.Tauris). Yiannis Papadakis is Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. He is the author of Echoes from the Dead Zone (I.B.Tauris).
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