Opis: Iron in the Soul - Peter Loizos, P Loizos

In his vivid, lively account of how Greek Cypriot villagers coped with a thirty-year displacement, Peter Loizos follows a group of people whom he encountered as prosperous farmers in 1968, yet found as disoriented refugees when revisiting in 1975. By providing a forty year in-depth perspective unusual in the social sciences, this study yields unconventional insights into the deeper meanings of displacement. It focuses on reconstruction of livelihoods, conservation of family, community, social capital, health (both physical and mental), religious and political perceptions. The author argues for a closer collaboration between anthropology and the life sciences, particularly medicine and social epidemiology, but suggests that qualitative life-history data have an important role to play in the understanding of how people cope with collective stress. "There are few if any longitudinal accounts of how long-term forcibly displaced populations survive and adapt. Providing a unique and intricate account of a lifetime in exile represented through the experiences of the refugees from Argaki, the book is an innovative contribution to the literature - A richly metaphorical style adds to the engaging content." * Journal of Refugee Studies "This is an important book, not only in the very particular context of Cyprus, but also in the longitudinal study of displacement...Loizos quietly and clearly exhorts us to consider the profound and long-term effects of displacement, and Iron in the Soul cannot be recommended highly enough for anyone interested in the experience of refugees over time, the impact on health of forced migration, or the lived history of Cyprus over the past several decades." * JRAI What this work - represents - is the culmination of 40 years of engagement with the same community, a community that the author knew in his youth and with which he himself has grown and matured. This in itself makes the work a type of landmark in anthropology, and one that is best read in relation to his earlier work.A" * South European Society & PoliticsList of Figures, Graphs, Maps and Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Crisis State and Displaced Citizens Chapter 2. Ambivalent Relations: Moments in the Unmixing of a Village Chapter 3. Exits South: Improvisation Vignettes Chapter 4. Economic Recovery: A Retrospective View Chapter 5. Crisis Management by Political Consensus Chapter 6. Revisiting Former Homes Chapter 7. The Referendum 2004: Too Little, and Too Late? Chapter 8. Hearts as well as Minds: Illness and Well being Chapter 9. Coping with Severe Life Events Chapter 10. A Sociology of Argaki Displacement: the Thirty Year View Chapter 11. In Their Own Words Chapter 12. Iron in the Soul: On Grievance and Transcendence Bibliography Appendix I: Cyprus Historical Highlights Appendix II: Main Political Groupings and Parties Appendix III: Presidents of the Republic of Cyprus Index

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Tytuł: Iron in the Soul
Autor: Peter Loizos, P Loizos
Producent: Berghahn Books Ltd.
ISBN: 9781845454845
Rok produkcji: 2008
Oprawa: Miękka

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