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Narratives of Cyprus Modern Travel Writing and Cultural Encounters since Lawrence Durrell 1st Edition

Author(s)

Jim Bowman

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1st Edition

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9780857736758, 9781848859180

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I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd

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PDF and EPUB

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Unease has marked relations between modern travel writers and the people of Cyprus. Visitors like Lawrence Durrell, Colin Thubron, Christopher Hitchens and Sebastian Junger have registered the effects of political strife on both the people of the island and those who visit from abroad. Their accounts demonstrate how geopolitical realities–such as colonization, insurgency, inter-communal warfare, and now decades of militarized ‘peace’–shape the narrating self and its relations to others. Here, Jim Bowman assesses the effects of Cypriot history on writings about the island through an analysis of memoirs, travelogues, political journalism, guide books and ethnographies. Through this examination of popular texts, Bowman shows how a western and politicized image of Cyprus has been created, increasingly divorced from the realities experienced by the local population. Narratives of Cyprus is an important reassessment of Cyprus’ place in British culture, and will be of interest to scholars and students of Anthropology, English Literature and Ethnographic Studies.

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Narratives of Cyprus Modern Travel Writing and Cultural Encounters since Lawrence Durrell 1st Edition

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Full Title

Narratives of Cyprus Modern Travel Writing and Cultural Encounters since Lawrence Durrell 1st Edition

Author(s)

Jim Bowman

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780857726889, 9781848859180

Publisher

Tauris Academic Studies

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Unease has marked relations between modern travel writers and the people of Cyprus. Visitors like Lawrence Durrell, Colin Thubron, Christopher Hitchens and Sebastian Junger have registered the effects of political strife on both the people of the island and those who visit from abroad. Their accounts demonstrate how geopolitical realities–such as colonization, insurgency, inter-communal warfare, and now decades of militarized ‘peace’–shape the narrating self and its relations to others. Here, Jim Bowman assesses the effects of Cypriot history on writings about the island through an analysis of memoirs, travelogues, political journalism, guide books and ethnographies. Through this examination of popular texts, Bowman shows how a western and politicized image of Cyprus has been created, increasingly divorced from the realities experienced by the local population. Narratives of Cyprus is an important reassessment of Cyprus’ place in British culture, and will be of interest to scholars and students of Anthropology, English Literature and Ethnographic Studies.