Perishing Cyprus

Perishing Cyprus
Author: Mehmet Yaşın
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1989
Genre: Archaeological thefts
ISBN:

Divided Cyprus

Divided Cyprus
Author: Yiannis Papadakis
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2006-07-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253111919

"[U]shers the reader into the complexities of the categorical ambiguity of Cyprus [and]... concentrates... on the Dead Zone of the divided society, in the cultural space where those who refuse to go to the poles gather." -- Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College The volatile recent past of Cyprus has turned this island from the idyllic "island of Aphrodite" of tourist literature into a place renowned for hostile confrontations. Cyprus challenges familiar binary divisions, between Christianity and Islam, Greeks and Turks, Europe and the East, tradition and modernity. Anti-colonial struggles, the divisive effects of ethnic nationalism, war, invasion, territorial division, and population displacements are all facets of the notorious Cyprus Problem. Incorporating the most up-to-date social and cultural research on Cyprus, these essays examine nationalism and interethnic relations, Cyprus and the European Union, the impact of immigration, and the effects of tourism and international environmental movements, among other topics.

Wedded to the Land?

Wedded to the Land?
Author: Mary N. Layoun
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2001-12-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 082238048X

In Wedded to the Land? Mary N. Layoun offers a critical commentary on the idea of nationalism in general and on specific attempts to formulate alternatives to the concept in particular. Narratives surrounding three geographically and temporally different national crises form the center of her study: Greek refugees’ displacement from Asia Minor into Greece in 1922, the 1974 right-wing Cypriot coup and subsequent Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and the Palestinian and PLO expulsion from Beirut following the Israeli invasion in 1982. Drawing on readings of literature and of official documents and decrees, songs, poetry, cinema, public monuments, journalism, and conversations with exiles, refugees, and public officials, Layoun uses each historical incident as a means of highlighting a recurring trope within constructs of nationalism. The displacement of the Greek refugees in the 1920s calls into question the very idea of home, as well as the desire for ethnic homogeneity within nations. She reads the Cypriot coup and invasion as an illustration of the gendering of nation and how the notion of the inviolable woman came to represent sovereignity. In her third example she shows how the Palestinian and PLO expulsion from Beirut highlights the ambiguity of the borders upon which many manifestations of nationalism putatively depend. These chapters are preceded and introduced by a discussion of “culturing the nation” and closed by a consideration of citizenship and silence in which Layoun discusses rights ostensibly possessed by all members of a political community. This book will be of interest to scholars engaged in cultural and critical theory, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean history, literary studies, political science, postcolonial studies, and gender studies.

Archaeology Under Fire

Archaeology Under Fire
Author: Lynn Meskell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113464390X

The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are some of the most politically charged regions in which archaeology is implicated. Historically, they played a formative role in the birth of archaeology as a discipline. Archaeology Under Fire addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, including the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the division of Cyprus, and the continued destruction of Beirut. The contributors consider the positive role of the past as a means of reconciliation, whether it be in Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf. They advocate a responsible global archaeology, and an awareness of contemporary issues can only enhance this aim.

The Pickled Priest and the Perishing Parish

The Pickled Priest and the Perishing Parish
Author: Hal West
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016-10-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1490896686

Just as baby boomers comprise the largest generation in Americas history, they also represent the largest percentage of current senior pastors in American churches. Boomer pastors all over the country are struggling to transition from their roots in twentieth-century church culture to ministry and leadership in our challenging twenty-first centuryand this transition must take place for traditional churches to be a relevant factor in world redemption. In The Pickled Priest and the Perishing Parish: Boomer Pastors Bouncing Back, Senior Pastor Hal West, himself a baby boomer, offers essential insights and words of inspiration for pastors, leaders, and Christians who desire to see renewal and transformation in their churches, in America, and in themselves. The challenges facing traditional churches and the boomer pastors who lead them are many not the least of which are pastors ensconced perspective of their own spiritual formation, theological training, and experience. In his unique, conversational, and at times humorous tone, Pastor Hal West first offers proof through his own pickled perspective and then explores, with help from the lessons of biblical prophets like Isaiah and Nehemiah, how boomer pastors can and must bounce back. Change is challenging, but in our day of cultural conflict, political corruption, and spiritual crisis, change is imperative. It falls to church leaders, regardless of their decades of experience in ministry and leadership, to approach transformation with an open mind and provide guidance, vision, and restoration to their churches and the souls they serve.

Hostage to History

Hostage to History
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1997
Genre: Cyprus
ISBN: 9781859841891

Journalist Christopher Hitchens examines events leading up to the partition of Cyprus and its legacy. He argues that the intervention of four major foreign powers Turkey, Greece, Britain, and the United States turned a local dispute into a major disaster. In a new Afterword, Hitchens reviews the implications of Cyprus's applications for European Union membership and more.

Cyprus

Cyprus
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN:

De politieke gebeurtenissen op Cyprus vooral rond de Turkse militaire invasie in 1974

A History of Cyprus

A History of Cyprus
Author: George Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108020631

A rich, varied history of conquerors and colonizers which recognizes the centrality of Cyprus to the Mediterranean world.

Byron

Byron
Author: C. Wilson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008-03-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230611044

This exciting collection represents a range of scholarly approaches and include close textual study, comparative readings, and broad cultural analysis. Contributors to this collection include Bernard Beatty, Peter Cochran, Marilyn Gaull, Charles E. Robinson, Andrew Stauffer, and Timothy Webb.