The Heart Grown Bitter
The Heart Grown Bitter
£41.00
GBPIn August 1974 most of the inhabitants of Argaki, a prosperous Cypriot village, fled from their homes in the face of an advancing army. In a matter of days they had become war refugees. This book is an account of their experiences before, during and after their flight from their village. Peter Loizos had made an anthropological study of Argaki before 1974 and is also related to some of its families. This has enabled him to combine the methods and approaches of an anthropologist with the personal insight of a family member and his account of the villagers' experiences is moving, vivid and sympathetic. No anthropologist has ever previously recorded so poignantly the experiences of the victims of war; this compassionate and sensitive book will be of compelling interest to all readers concerned about the aftermath of war and the problems of refugees.
Product details
November 1981Paperback
9780521285469
232 pages
229 × 152 × 13 mm
0.35kg
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Peace:
- 1. Arrival: August 1966
- 2. Argaki:
- 1900–1970
- 3. Portents:
- 1973
- Part II. War:
- 4. Coup d'etat: July 1974
- 5. War: July–August 1974
- 6. Flight: August 1974
- Part III. Diaspora:
- 7. Refugees: August 1974–April 1975
- 8. Politics: August 1974–December 1975
- 9. Bearings: April–December 1975
- Appendices:
- 1. Methods
- 2. Comparisons
- 3. Fragments
- List of works cited
- Index.
