Refugees and the Meaning of Home: Cypriot Narratives of Loss, Longing and Daily Life in London

by Helen Taylor and Helen Taylor

The concept of home is of central importance at a time of global migration. In Refugees and the Meaning of Home, Helen Taylor looks at the lived experience of home for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot refugees living in prolonged exile in London since their island was torn apart by war. Taking an innovative approach, she looks at the ways in which home is constructed through the intersection of spaces, time, social networks and sensory and embodied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137553324
• ISBN13: 9781137553324
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"