Diasporic futures : temporality and hope in the transnational politics of London Cypriots / Evi Chatzipanagiotidou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chatzipanagiotidou, Evi, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies on diasporas and transnationalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cypriots--Political activity--England--London.

Cypriots.

Cypriots--England--London.

Greeks--Political activity--England--London.

Greeks.

Greeks--England--London.

Cypriots--Political activity.

Greeks--Political activity.

England.

England--London.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Connected to a divided island, British Cypriots have participated in the reproduction of conflict and partition but have also been active agents of peacebuilding and reconciliation. Focusing on the latter, Diasporic Futures traces the transnational politics of Greek Cypriots in London during a significant historical period in which space opened for diasporic involvement in peace politics at ‘home’. It applies a temporal framework and proposes that diasporas and transnationalism - often analysed through an emphasis on space - must also be understood through an investigation of time. The book argues that diasporas do not exist linearly, but are made, reorganised or enervated in and by time, aggregating at particular historical points and dissipating at others. Moreover, Diasporic Futures illustrates that, although imagined as anchored in the past and ‘out of sync’, diasporas are ‘horizonal’, made by their orientations towards the future and a politics of hope"-- De Gruyter Brill.

Contents:

Diaspora, time and the politics of hope

‘Who is a Cypriot?’ : Migration, transnationalism and Cypriotism

The ‘left-overs’ of history : claims of memory in the diaspora

The conflicts of peace : from ‘retrospective’ to ‘prospective’ orientations

The faces of Cyprus on Facebook : ICTs and reimagining the nation

Crossing the line : borders and boundaries

Conclusion : diasporic futures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed November 19, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Chatzipanagiotidou, Evi. Diasporic futures

ISBN:

9781399502641

1399502646

9781399502634

1399502638

OCLC:

1533773486

Publisher Number:

CIPO000265582

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license