Cyprus and its Conflicts: Representations, Materialities and Cultures
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2018), xi, 311 pp.
Contains figures, tables, acronyms pp. x-xi, index
ISBN 978-1-78533-724-6 (hbk); 978-1-83695-806-2 (ebook)
"The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the site of enduring political, military, and economic conflict. This interdisciplinary collection takes Cyprus as a geographical, cultural and political point of reference for understanding how conflict is mediated, represented, reconstructed, experienced, and transformed. Through methodologically diverse case studies of a wide range of topics--including public art, urban spaces, and print, broadcast and digital media--it assembles an impressively multifaceted perspective, one that provides broad insights into the complex interplay of culture, conflict, and identity"--Back cover
Introduction: A Multidisciplinary and Multiperspectival Approach to Conflict / Vaia Doudaki and Nico Carpentier, 1
PART I: THE MATERIALITY OF CONFLICT IN CYPRUS
1 Iconoclastic Controversy in Cyprus: The Problematic Rethinking of a Conflicted Past / Nico Carpentier, 25
2 Soundmarks of Conflict in the City Centre of Divided Nicosia / Yiannis Christidis and Angeliki Gazi, 55
3 Bridge Over Troubled… / Susan J. Drucker and Gary Gumpert, 77
4 Financial Crisis, Austerity and Public Service Media in Cyprus: Reforming or Downsizing? An Analysis of Discourses and Critiques / Lia-Paschalia Spyridou and Dimitra L. Milioni, 99
PART II: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM WITHIN (NORTH AND SOUTH)
5 The ‘Others’ in Peace Talks: Representation of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ in the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot Press / Christophoros Christophorou and Sanem Şahin, 123
6 Discourses of Legitimation in the News: The Case of the Cypriot Bailout / Vaia Doudaki, 142
7 Challenging the Sacredness of ‘the Mediated Centre’: The Shift in Media Discourses on Bicommunal Relations in Cyprus after the Crossing Points Opening in 2003 / Christiana Karayianni, 163
8 The Cypriot ‘Occupy the Buffer Zone’ Movement: Online Discursive Frames and Civic Engagement / Venetia Papa and Peter Dahlgren, 182
PART III: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM THE OUTSIDE
9 Whose Flags are These? Apollon Limassol v. Trabzonspor Football Matches in Turkish Online News and User Comments as a Case of ‘Banal Nationalism’ / D. Beybin Kejanlioglu and Serhat Güney, 205
10 A Treasure in Varosha: The Role of a Cypriot Myth in the Construction of Turkish Nationalist Identity / Aysu Arsoy, 228
11 Pax Troikana: The U.K. Media and the Symbolic Conflicts on the Cypriot ‘Rescue’ Programme / Giulia Airaghi and Maria Avraamidou, 246
12 Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Discourses of the Cypriot Economic Crisis by Greek Media / Yiannis Mylonas, 268
Conclusion: Studying Conflicts in Cyprus: Lessons Learned for Conflict Studies / Nico Carpentier, 290
PART I: THE MATERIALITY OF CONFLICT IN CYPRUS
1 Iconoclastic Controversy in Cyprus: The Problematic Rethinking of a Conflicted Past / Nico Carpentier, 25
2 Soundmarks of Conflict in the City Centre of Divided Nicosia / Yiannis Christidis and Angeliki Gazi, 55
3 Bridge Over Troubled… / Susan J. Drucker and Gary Gumpert, 77
4 Financial Crisis, Austerity and Public Service Media in Cyprus: Reforming or Downsizing? An Analysis of Discourses and Critiques / Lia-Paschalia Spyridou and Dimitra L. Milioni, 99
PART II: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM WITHIN (NORTH AND SOUTH)
5 The ‘Others’ in Peace Talks: Representation of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ in the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot Press / Christophoros Christophorou and Sanem Şahin, 123
6 Discourses of Legitimation in the News: The Case of the Cypriot Bailout / Vaia Doudaki, 142
7 Challenging the Sacredness of ‘the Mediated Centre’: The Shift in Media Discourses on Bicommunal Relations in Cyprus after the Crossing Points Opening in 2003 / Christiana Karayianni, 163
8 The Cypriot ‘Occupy the Buffer Zone’ Movement: Online Discursive Frames and Civic Engagement / Venetia Papa and Peter Dahlgren, 182
PART III: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM THE OUTSIDE
9 Whose Flags are These? Apollon Limassol v. Trabzonspor Football Matches in Turkish Online News and User Comments as a Case of ‘Banal Nationalism’ / D. Beybin Kejanlioglu and Serhat Güney, 205
10 A Treasure in Varosha: The Role of a Cypriot Myth in the Construction of Turkish Nationalist Identity / Aysu Arsoy, 228
11 Pax Troikana: The U.K. Media and the Symbolic Conflicts on the Cypriot ‘Rescue’ Programme / Giulia Airaghi and Maria Avraamidou, 246
12 Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Discourses of the Cypriot Economic Crisis by Greek Media / Yiannis Mylonas, 268
Conclusion: Studying Conflicts in Cyprus: Lessons Learned for Conflict Studies / Nico Carpentier, 290
