Step-mothertongue: from nationalism to multiculturalism the literatures of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, edited by Mehmet Yasin, Middlesex University Press, (London, 2000) 207 pp.

Book review:
This is a most important publication examining the national and
cultural identities of
Greeks, Turks, and Cypriots through their literatures. Step-Mothertongue aims to
draw attention to the cross-cultural and multicultural traditions through a
comparative analysis of the literature and literary traditions
of Greece, Turkey and
particularly of Cyprus. Step-Mothertongue is timely because it approaches
nationalism from a socio-cultural and literary-historical framework, rather than a
traditional ethnic identity agenda.