On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, rural villages, traditional artefacts, even atmospheres and experiences are considered heritage. Heritage making not only protects, but also produces, things, people, and places. Since the Republic of Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, heritage making and Europeanization are increasingly intertwined in Greek-Cypriot society. Against the backdrop of a long-term ethnographic engagement, the author argues that heritage emerges as an increasingly standardized economic resource, a "European product." Implemented in historic preservation, rural tourism, culinary traditions, nature protection, and urban restoration projects, heritage policy has become infused with transnational market regulations and neoliberal property regimes.
On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, rural villages, traditional artefacts, even atmospheres and experiences are considered heritage. Heritage making not only protects, but also produces, things, people, and places. Since the Republic of Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, heritage making and Europeanization are increasingly intertwined in Greek-Cypriot society. Against the backdrop of a long-term ethnographic engagement, the author argues that heritage emerges as an increasingly standardized economic resource, a “European product.” Implemented in historic preservation, rural tourism, culinary traditions, nature protection, and urban restoration projects, heritage policy has become infused with transnational market regulations and neoliberal property regimes.
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
PART I: HERITAGE REGIMES
Chapter 1. Preserving Vernacular Architecture
Chapter 2. Packaging Hospitality
Chapter 3. Inventing the Rural
PART II: FOOD, CULTURE AND HERITAGISATION
Chapter 4. ‘Full Meze’: Tourism, Modernity, Crisis
Chapter 5. ‘Origin Food’: The Struggle over Halloumi/Hellim
PART III: AMBIENT HERITAGE
Chapter 6. The Nature of Heritage Making: Environmental Governance
Chapter 7. The Divided City: Europe and the Politics of Culture
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index