Past in Pieces Belonging in the New Cyprus

Name: Past in Pieces Belonging in the New Cyprus
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ISBN: 9780812222319

ISBN-10: 0812222318

ISBN-13: 9780812222319

Edition: 2010

Authors: Rebecca Bryant

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On April 23, 2003, to the surprise of much of the world, the ceasefire line that divides Cyprus opened. The line had partitioned the island since 1974, and so international media heralded the opening of the checkpoints as a historic event that echoed the fall of the Berlin Wall. As in the moment of the Wall's collapse, cameras captured the rush of Cypriots across the border to visit homes unwillingly abandoned three decades earlier. It was a euphoric moment, and one that led to expectations of reunification. But within a year Greek Cypriots overwhelmingly rejected at referendum a United Nations plan to reunite the island, despite their Turkish compatriots' support for the plan. InThe Past…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 12/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474

Rebecca Bryant is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University and is engaged in research on place and memory in Cyprus.



The Sorrow of Unanswered Questions


Introduction: A Prelude to Mourning



Paths of No Return



The Anxieties of an Opening



A Needle and a Handkerchief



Geographies of Loss



In the Ruins of Memory



The Spoils of History



The Pieces of Peace



Betrayals of the Past


Reading the Future (In Lieu of a Conclusion)


Notes


Further Reading


Acknowledgments