Bryant, Rebecca (2014) History’s remainders: on time and objects after conflict in Cyprus. American Ethnologist, 41 (4). pp. 681-697. ISSN 1548-1425
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Abstract
In the aftermath of war, those who remain must rebuild lives in spaces that bear the scars of conflict. This essay focuses on one such space, the unrecognized state in north Cyprus, which has experienced waves of displacement, ethnic cleansing, and the appropriation and redistribution of “enemy” property. Families raise children in plundered spaces; grandchildren play in gardens replanted after war; houses are furnished with the remains of others’ lives. In such contexts, the questions of what belongs to whom, and who belongs where, or with whom, are particularly contested, while the future of these places and objects remains uncertain. This essay asks what everyday historical work may be done with looted homes and objects, and it shows how practices with and stories about belongings may also be ways of helping us to “belong” in history.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS... |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 by the American Anthropological Association |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General) D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World |
| Sets: | Departments > European Institute |
| Funders: | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Program on Global Security and Sustainability Research and Writing, National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2014 11:00 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/57624/ |
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