Cyprus and its Conflicts

Representations, Materialities, and Cultures
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-724-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doudaki, Vaia

Carpentier, Nico

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: A Multidisciplinary and Multiperspectival Approach to Conflict

Vaia Doudaki and Nico Carpentier

PART I: THE MATERIALITY OF CONFLICT IN CYPRUS

Chapter 1. Iconoclastic Controversy in Cyprus: The Problematic Rethinking of a Conflicted Past

Nico Carpentier

Chapter 2. Soundmarks of Conflict in the City Centre of Divided Nicosia

Yiannis Christidis and Angeliki Gazi

Chapter 3.

Bridge Over Troubled…

Susan J. Drucker and Gary Gumpert

Chapter 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

PART II: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM WITHIN (NORTH AND SOUTH)

Chapter 5. The ‘Others’ in Peace Talks: Representation of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ in the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot Press

Christophoros Christophorou and Sanem Sahin

Chapter 6. Discourses of Legitimation in the News: The Case of the Cypriot Bailout

Vaia Doudaki

Chapter 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

Chapter 8. The Cypriot ‘Occupy the Buffer Zone’ Movement: Online Discursive Frames and Civic Engagement

Venetia Papa and Peter Dahlgren

PART III: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM THE OUTSIDE

Chapter 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

Chapter 10. A Treasure in Varosha: The Role of a Cypriot Myth in the Construction of Turkish Nationalist Identity

Aysu Arsoy

Chapter 11. Pax Troikana: The U.K. Media and the Symbolic Conflicts on the Cypriot ‘Rescue’ Programme

Giulia Airaghi and Maria Avraamidou

Chapter 12. Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Discourses of the Cypriot Economic Crisis by Greek Media

Yiannis Mylonas

Conclusion: Studying Conflicts in Cyprus: Lessons Learned for Conflict Studies

Nico Carpentier

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carpentier, Nico
Nico Carpentier is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Informatics and Media of Uppsala University, Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Docent at Charles University in Prague. His latest book is The Discursive-Material Knot: Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation.

Doudaki, Vaia
Vaia Doudaki is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Informatics and Media of Uppsala University. Her research focuses on representations, identities, and discourse in media. Her most recent work on the current economic crisis has been published in journals such as Journalism, European Journal of Communication and Javnost – The Public.

Vaia Doudaki is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Informatics and Media of Uppsala University. Her research focuses on representations, identities, and discourse in media. Her most recent work on the current economic crisis has been published in journals such as Journalism, European Journal of Communication and Javnost – The Public.