Gathering established and young scholars, independent researchers and cultural practitioners, Colonial Cyprus: A Cultural History is a path-breaking incursion into the historiography of Cyprus under British rule in more senses than one. Fundamentally interdisciplinary and touching on questions of visual and textual representations, material culture and cultural heritage, gender and identity, this unprecedented initiative gives flesh to the experience of colonialism in the island, too often still confined to the dry realms of politics and diplomacy. It is therefore an essential read for anyone interested in understanding modern Cyprus, the product of a colonial encounter at the crossroads of cultural hybridity and resistance.
