Divided Cyprus : modernity, history, and an island in conflict / edited by Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis, and Gisela Welz. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2006. - viii, 235 p. ; 24 cm. - New anthropologies of Europe .

Proceedings of a conference entitled "Transformation, Inertia, Reconfigurations: A Critical Appraisal of Anthropological Research in Cyprus" hosted jointly at University of Cyprus and Intercollege in Septmber 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Modernity, history, and conflict in divided Cyprus : an overview / Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis, and Gisela Welz -- Transforming lives : process and person in Cypriot modernity / Michael Herzfeld -- On the condition of postcoloniality in Cyprus / Rebecca Bryant -- Disclosure and censorship in divided Cyprus : toward an anthropology of ethnic autism / Yiannis Papadakis -- De-ethnicizing the ethnography of Cyprus : political and social conflict between Turkish Cypriots and settlers from Turkey / Yael Navaro-Yashin -- Cypriot nationalism, dual identity, and politics / Nicos Peristianis -- Children constructing ethnic identities in Cyprus / Spyros Spyrou -- "Contested natures" : an environmental conflict in Cyprus / Gisela Welz -- Gardens and the nature of rootedness in Cyprus / Anne Jepson -- Researching society and culture in Cyprus : displacements, hybridities, and dialogical frameworks / Floya Anthias -- Recognition and emotion : exhumations of missing persons in Cyprus / Paul Sant Cassia -- Postscript: Reflections on an anthropology of Cyprus / Vassos Argyrou.

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Ethnic conflict--Cyprus--Congresses.
Political violence--Cyprus--Congresses.
Postcolonialism--Cyprus--Congresses.


Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974---Congresses.
Cyprus--History--Turkish Invasion, 1974--Congresses.
Cyprus--Ethnic relations--Congresses.
Cyprus--Politics and government--Congresses.

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