Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory and the Recovery of Missing Persons in CyprusIn the course of hostilities between Greek and Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1974, over 2000 persons, both Greek and Turkish Cypriots, went "missing" in Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean with a population distribution of 80% Greeks and 18% Turks. This represents a significant number for a population of only 600,000. Few bodies have been recovered; most will probably not be. All are still mourned by their surviving friends and relatives. The conflict has still not been resolved and the memories are still alive. |
Contents
Suppressed Experiences | 18 |
Testimonies of Fragmentation Recollections of Unity | 38 |
The Missing as a Set of Representations | 70 |
The Martyrdom of the Missing | 94 |
Painting Absences Describing Losses | 153 |
Antigones Doubt Creons Dilemma | 182 |
Power Complicity and Public Secrecy | 217 |
Appendices | 235 |
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Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus Paul Sant Cassia No preview available - 2005 |
Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in ... Paul Sant Cassia No preview available - 2007 |
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