Cyprus and the politics of memory : history, community and conflict
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Cyprus and the politics of memory : history, community and conflict
（International library of twentieth century history, v. 51）
I.B. Tauris, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
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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