Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity and Politics ed. by Thekla Kyritsi and Nikos Christofis

Citation

Papadogiannis N (2021) Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity and Politics ed. by Thekla Kyritsi and Nikos Christofis. Review of: Thekla Kyritsi and Nikos Christofis, editors, Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity and Politics. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. Pp. xvii + 340. ISBN: 978-3-319-97803-1. Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 39 (1), pp. 256-259. https://doi.org/10.1353/mgs.2021.0021

Abstract
The volume under review is a very welcome development in the study of Cypriot nationalisms. Its editors are Thekla Kyritsi, a PhD candidate in political science and history who specializes in women and the early Cypriot press, and Nikos Christofis, an assistant professor of Turkish studies who has produced ground-breaking work on the Greek, Turkish, and Cypriot left. The book is commendable for engaging with broad conceptual approaches to nationalism and national identities, including those of Anthony Smith (1991) and Eric Hobsbawm (1990). At the same time, it considers a wide range of case studies from the late nineteenth century to the present. It contains, along with an introduction, fourteen chapters grouped into four parts: “Early Agents of Nationalism,” “Moments of a Mass Movement,” “Nationalist Identity and Prejudice,” and “The Local and the Global.” The book comprehensively addresses both Greek and Turkish Cypriot subjects, as well as other groups, such as Armenian Cypriots, who fall outside these two categories.

Keywords
Sociology and Political Science; History; Cultural Studies

Journal
Journal of Modern Greek Studies: Volume 39, Issue 1

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Dr Nikolaos Papadogiannis

Lecturer in European History, History