CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Gkresta, Maria |
|---|---|
| Title | Narratives of Collective Memory: Turkey as the Greek Cypriots' Other |
| Summary | This study will investigate the ways in which stereotypical representations of Turkey are being articulated in the discursive spaces of historiography and the press in the Republic of Cyprus and it will suggest that these originate from and, at the same time, are being reinforced through collective memory. I argue that the Turkish identity functions as an empty signifier for the Greek Cypriot historical discourse. There is an ongoing competition for a hegemonic articulation that would establish a definite set of parameters for this identity. Thus, the Self/Other dynamic here is rehashed in the sense that there is an obsession for defining the Other, so that the identity of the self could be more evident. Greek Cypriot discourses and narratives of history and identity base their articulations on the implicit relationship with the constructed Turkish identity, which serves in turn as the ultimate marker of self perception. |
| Supervisor | Akçalı, Emel |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/gkresta_maria.pdf |
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