Iron in the Soul Displacement, Livelihood and Health in Cyprus
Synopsis
In his vivid, lively account of how Greek Cypriot villagers coped with a thirty-year displacement, Peter Loïzos 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.Book details
- Series:
- Forced Migration (Book 23)
- Author:
- Peter Loizos
- ISBN:
- 9780857450678
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781845454845, 9781845454449
- Publisher:
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Pages:
- 224
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2021-05-22
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2008
- Copyright by:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies