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The Purity of Spirit and the Power of Blood: A Comparative Perspective on Nation, Gender and Kinship in Cyprus.
- Source :
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute . Sep2002, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p509-530. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- This article argues that the kinship relations of the national ‘family’ are not simply a direct appropriation of ‘natural’ kinship relations but involve a transformation of those relations that also takes into account some gendered image of the land as a member of that family. Using comparative research in the Turkish and Greek communities of Cyprus, I propose that what is centrally important in images of national kinship is the common substance that land and people are imagined to share. Moreover, this common substance is regarded as so ‘natural’ that it constitutes an important axiom that is central to understanding the logic of nationalisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *KINSHIP
*FAMILIES
*NATIONALISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13590987
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7241068
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.00120