Overview

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 the Politics of Memory re-orientates history-writing on Cyprus from a tool of division to a form of dialogue, and explores a way forward for the future of conflict resolution in the region.

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Author:   Rebecca Bryant ,  PhD Yiannis Papadakis (Asst. Professor of Anthropology, University of Cyprus, University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Volume:   v. 51
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9781780761077

ISBN 10:   1780761074
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 June 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Modalities of Time, History and Memory in Ethnonational Conflicts Rebecca Bryant and Yiannis Papadakis 1. A Critical Comparison of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Official Historiographies (1940s to the Present) Mete Hatay and Yiannis Papadakis 2. Beyond the History Textbook Debate: Official Histories in Greek Cypriot Geography and Civics Curricula Stavroula Philippou 3. Hegemony, Permissible Public Discourse and Lower Class Political Culture Andreas Panayiotou 4. The 'Left-overs' of History: Reconsidering the 'Unofficial' History of the Left in Cyprus and the Cypriot Diaspora Evropi Chatzipanagiotidou 5. Senses of Belonging and 'Belongings' and Making 'Home' away from Home Aybil Goeker 6. Imagining Homelands: Poetics and Performance among Cypriot Armenians Susan Pattie 7. The Fractures of a Struggle: Remembering and Forgetting Erenkoey Rebecca Bryant 8. Correcting the Record: Memory, Minority Insecurity and Admissible Evidence Peter Loizos 9. On the Need to Belong to a Non-Cypriot History Mehmet Ratip 10. Truth, Memory and the Cypriot Journey towards a New Past Catia Galatariotou

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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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