When Greeks think about Turks

The View from Anthropology
Herausgeber: Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the cultural boundaries of what is means to 'Greek' or 'Turk', this book draws upon anthropological data to compare the opinions of diverse social groups and shed light on the politics of identity-making. It also investigates the local attitudes to international politics, and highlight the contextual meaning of evaluations about nations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 180mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780415400701
• ISBN-10: 0415400708
• Artikelnr.: 21315385

Autorenporträt

Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Turks' in the Imagination of the 'Greeks',
Dimitrios Theodossopoulos; Chapter 2 How Greeks Think: About Turks, for
Example, Vassos Argyrou; Chapter 3 Tourkokratia: History and the Image of
Turks in Greek Literature, Iraklis Millas; Chapter 4 Knowledge of
Diversity: Towards a More Differentiated Set of 'Greek' Perceptions of
'Turks', Renée Hirschon; Chapter 5 Beyond the Greek and Turkish Dichotomy:
The Rum Polites of Istanbul and Athens, ?lay Romain Örs; Chapter 6
Constructing 'the Turk' as an Enemy: The Complexity of Stereotypes in
Children's Everyday Worlds, Spyros Spyrou; Chapter 7 Guarding Each Other's
Dead, Mourning One's Own: The Problem of Missing Persons and Missing Pasts
in Cyprus, Paul Sant Cassia; Chapter 8 Writing about Turks and Powerful
Others: Journalistic Heteroglossia in Western Thrace, Fotini Tsibiridou;
Chapter 9 Ethnic Turks and 'Muslims', and the Performance of
Multiculturalism: The Case of the Drómeno of Thrace, Vassiliki Yiakoumaki;
Chapter 10 Phantom Menace: What Junior Greek Army Officers Have to Say
about Turks and Turkey, Elisabeth Kirtsoglou; Chapter 11 Bicommunal
Initiatives and their Contribution to Improved Relations between Turkish
and Greek Cypriots, Peter Loizos; Chapter 12 Politics of friendship,
worldviews of mistrust: The Greek-Turkish rapprochement in local
conversation, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos;