Imagining the modern
Subtitle: the cultures of nationalism in Cyprus
By: Rebecca Bryant.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In the U.S. distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Nationalism -- Cyprus; Cyprus -- Ethnic relations
Description: "Imagining the Modern argues that two conflicting styles of nationalist imagination led to the violent rending of Cyprus in 1974 and sustained that division over decades. Basing her study on comparative research in both southern and northern Cyprus, Rebecca Bryant demonstrates how the conflict emerged through Cypriots' encounters with modernity under British colonialism, and through a consequent reimagining of the body politic in a new world in which Cypriots were defined as part of a European periphery."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-300) and index.