Rediscovering Kurdistan S Cultures And Identities

Author : Joanna Bocheńska
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319930886

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Rediscovering Kurdistan’s Cultures and Identities by Joanna Bocheńska Pdf

Rediscovering Kurdistan’s Cultures and Identities: The Call of the Cricket offers insight into little-known aspects of the social and cultural activity and changes taking place in different parts of Kurdistan (Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran), linking different theoretical approaches within a postcolonial perspective. The first chapter presents the book’s approach to postcolonial theory and gives a brief introduction to the historical context of Kurdistan. The second, third and fourth chapters focus on the Kurdish context, examining ethical changes as revealed in Kurdish literary and cinema narratives, the socio-political role of the Kurdish cultural institutions and the practices of countering othering of Kurdish migrants living in Istanbul. The fifth chapter offers an analysis of the nineteenth-century missionary translations of the Bible into the Kurdish language. The sixth chapter examines the formation of Chaldo-Assyrian identity in the context of relations with the Kurds after the overthrow of the Ba’ath regime in 2003. The last chapter investigates the question of the Yezidis’ identity, based on Yezidi oral works and statements about their self-identification.

Author : Alireza Korangy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110599626

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Kurdish Art and Identity by Alireza Korangy Pdf

Folklore has been a phenomenon based on nostalgic and autochthonous nuances conveyed with a story-telling technique with a penchant for over-playing and nationalistic pomp and circumstance, often with significant consequences for societal, poetic, and cultural areas. These papers highlight challenges that have an outreaching relationship to the regional, rhetorical, and trans-rhetorical devices and manners in Kurdish folklore, which subscribes to an ironic sense of hope all the while issuing an appeal for a largely unaccomplished nationhood, simultaneously insisting on a linguistic solidarity. In a folkloric literature that has an overarching theory of poetics – perhaps even trans-figurative cognitive poetics due to the multi-faceted nature of its application and the complexity of its linguistic structure – the relationship of man (and less frequently woman) with others takes center stage in many of the folkloric creations. Arts are not figurative representations of the real in the Kurdish world; they are the real.

Author : Philip Kreyenbroek,Christine Allison
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015002648161

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Kurdish Culture and Identity by Philip Kreyenbroek,Christine Allison Pdf

This is a study of the culture of the Kurdish people. It looks at their history, literature, language, religion, costume and material culture including rugs and weaving

Author : Özlem Belçim Galip
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857738240

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Imagining Kurdistan by Özlem Belçim Galip Pdf

From the First Gulf War to the present upheaval in Syria, the Kurdish question has been a crucial issue within the Middle East region and in international politics. Spread across several countries, the Kurds constitute the largest stateless nation in the world. In this context, a striking question arises: how are Kurdish identity and the idea of the homeland - both as a symbol and as territorial space - constructed in writings from Turkish Kurdistan and its diaspora? Through a comparative analysis of Kurdish writing, Ozlem Galip here provides the first comprehensive look at modern Kurdish literature. Drawing on theories of space and collective memory and exploring the use of the historical past and personal memories in the literature of stateless nations, this book analyses the construction of the imaginary homeland and the concept of Kurdish identity.

Author : Mehran Tamadonfar,Roman Lewis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498571197

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Kurds and Their Struggle for Autonomy by Mehran Tamadonfar,Roman Lewis Pdf

Kurds and their Struggle for Autonomy: Enduring Identity and Clientelism is a comprehensive study of the roots of Kurdish identity, the processes of identity formation among the Kurds, and the Kurds’ seemingly never-ending struggle for self-determination. By relying on a hybrid theoretical model of identity politics, this book offers a thorough treatment of the origins, characteristics, and evolution of Kurdish culture in general, and political culture in particular. It also examines the historical explanations and nuances of Kurdish struggles for some form of autonomy, assesses economic imperatives that shape the potentials and challenges of Kurdish social and political life, and offers a critical review of the contemporary Kurdish institutional and policy dynamics in Iraq and Syria.

Author : Cinur Ghaderi,Kristin Sonnenberg,Luqman Saleh Karim,Niyan Namiq Sabir,Zhiya Abbas Qader,Lisa Marie Dünnebacke
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658303945

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Social Work at the Level of International Comparison by Cinur Ghaderi,Kristin Sonnenberg,Luqman Saleh Karim,Niyan Namiq Sabir,Zhiya Abbas Qader,Lisa Marie Dünnebacke Pdf

The book presents a theoretical and practical approach to international social work. It uses examples from Germany with a long tradition of social work and focuses on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which is in a pioneering phase in teaching social work while at the same time experiencing a highly explosive situation in global politics. Socio-political challenges such as violence, traumatization, (religious) fundamentalism, ethnicization, changing gender relations, flight and migration call for a professional examination of social work as a human rights profession in international comparison.

Author : William Gourlay
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474459211

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The Kurds in Erdogan's Turkey by William Gourlay Pdf

This book examines the circumstances of the Kurds in 21st century Turkey, under the hegemony of the AKP government. After decades of denial, oppression and conflict, Kurds now assert a more confident presence in Turkey's politics - but does increasing visibility mean a rejection of Turkey? Recording Kurdish voices from Istanbul and DiyarbakA r, Turkey's most important Kurdish-populated cities, this book generates new understandings of Kurdish identity and political aspirations. Highlighting elements of Kurdish identity including Newroz, the Kurdish language, connections to religion, landscape and cross-border ties, it offers a portrait of Kurdish political life in a Turkey increasingly dominated by its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Within the context of Turkey's troubled trajectory towards democratisation, it documents Kurdish narratives of oppression and resistance, and enquires how Kurds reconcile their distinct ethnic identity and citizenship in modern Turkey.

Author : S. Behnaz Hosseini
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Women
ISBN : 9783643911209

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Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations by S. Behnaz Hosseini Pdf

This collected volume focuses on women's suffering and the conditions of their societies during conflict and post-conflict situations in Iraq, Iran, Syria and other countries. The contributions examine and explore not only general narratives but also various specific aspects of the conflict and post-conflict situations in relation to the roles and statuses of these women, with a number of scholars reflecting on topics from various disciplines and key areas such as the Middle East. This collection also includes some articles on the suffering of women outside of the Middle East, thus illustrating the similarity of some general issues women have to face throughout the world.

Author : Mahir A. Aziz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857719515

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The Kurds of Iraq by Mahir A. Aziz Pdf

Over ninety years since their absorption into the modern Iraqi state, the Kurdish people of Iraq still remain an apparent anomaly in the modern world - a nation without a state. In 'The Kurds of Iraq', Mahir Aziz explores this incongruity, and asks the pertinent questions, who are the Kurds today? What is their relationship to the Iraqi state? How do they perceive themselves and their prospective political future? And in what way are they crucial for the stability of the Iraqi state? In the wake of the Gulf War of 1991 in the face of the Iraqi state, the Kurds endeavoured to create a de facto state and to concretise and stabilise the institutions that would enable this. 'The Kurds of Iraq' thus examines the creation, evolution and development of Kurdish nationalism despite the suppression of its political and cultural manifestations. Through extensive interviews in the field, Aziz assesses the impact of recent history on the complex process of identity formation amongst Kurdish students at three of the nation's leading universities. He provides an in depth examination of students' socio-economic backgrounds, and their thoughts on and experiences of what it means to be Kurdish in the modern Iraqi state, and the impact this has on their perception of their language, culture and religion. Aziz's invaluable and extensive field research furthermore serves as a point of departure for an investigation into the relationship between national identity and historical memory in Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond. He thus analyses wider issues of the intersection and interdependency of national, regional, ethnic, tribal and local identities. He thus constructs an intimate portrait of the Kurds of Iraq, which will provide an important insight for students and researchers of the Middle East and for those interested the important issues of nationalism and ethnic identity in the modern nation state, and the impact these issues have on the stability of Iraq itself.

Author : S. Behnaz Hosseini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789811664441

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Yari Religion in Iran by S. Behnaz Hosseini Pdf

This book sheds light on the cultural traits and religious beliefs of the Yārsan community. By incorporating historical and ethnographic research on Yārsan community in west and North of Iran, fieldwork and meticulous analysis of religious texts and international literature, it reveals contemporary aspects of Yārsan culture and life that are lesser known to the wider public, and provides insights into their lives, traditions and prospects for the future. With researchers from inside Iran and all over the world, this book offers a new look at Yārsan.

Author : R. Latham Lechowick
Publisher : Frank & Timme GmbH
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783732910175

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I won’t let them be like me by R. Latham Lechowick Pdf

Ezidi people (Yezidi/Yazidi) and their culture suffered greatly at the hands of Daesh before, during, and after the 2014 Sinjar (Shingal) Genocide. Since the resulting forced migration, the Ezidi ­community as one of the most marginalised societies in the Middle East has undergone a significant amount of society-wide transformation. New avenues for agency have opened, and Shingali Ezidi women have taken these opportunities to express transformed identities, filling spaces previously unavailable, and altering “traditional” gender roles. This first extensive ethnographic work ever conducted with Ezidi women examines origins and developments of transformations in their female identity and agency. The analysis of their expressions and performances is particularly notable because of the subaltern position under numerous layers of minority, e.g. ethnicity, geography, religion, politics, culture, language, as well as gender. The aim of this study is to investigate the utilisation of subaltern identity to actualise agency among women after genocide.

Author : Djene Rhys Bajalan,Sara Zandi Karimi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317502166

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Studies in Kurdish History by Djene Rhys Bajalan,Sara Zandi Karimi Pdf

Recent events in the Middle East have propelled the once marginalized Kurdish community to the centre of regional and, indeed, world affairs. The growing significance of the Kurds in the politics of the Middle East has lead to greater interest amongst both academics and policy makers regarding the community’s culture, politics and history. This current volume seeks address this growing interest by presenting a selection of articles from leading experts on the history of the Kurds. These articles scrutinize a variety of subjects which provide important context to today’s Kurdish question. It includes contributions which contextualize the evolution of a distinctive Kurdish identity and culture. Furthermore, it includes works which seek to examine the impact of the gradual transformation of state power in the Middle East – more precisely the breakdown of imperial orders and the concurrent emergence of the modern nation-state – on the relationship between the Kurds and the central governments under which they lived during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In doing so, this volume will be of interest to all those wishing to gain a deeper historical understand of the present day Kurdish affairs. This book was published as a special issue of Iranian Studies.

Author : Özlem Belçim Galip
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1784530166

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Imagining Kurdistan by Özlem Belçim Galip Pdf

From the First Gulf War to the present upheaval in Syria, the Kurdish question has been a crucial issue within the Middle East region and in international politics. Spread across several countries, the Kurds constitute the largest stateless nation in the world. In this context, a striking question arises: how are Kurdish identity and the idea of the homeland - both as a symbol and as territorial space - constructed in writings from Turkish Kurdistan and its diaspora? Through a comparative analysis of Kurdish writing, Ozlem Galip here provides the first comprehensive look at modern Kurdish literature. Drawing on theories of space and collective memory and exploring the use of the historical past and personal memories in the literature of stateless nations, this book analyses the construction of the imaginary homeland and the concept of Kurdish identity.

Author : Kerim Yildiz,Georgina Fryer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1900175746

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The Kurds by Kerim Yildiz,Georgina Fryer Pdf

Author : Lokman I. Meho,Kelly L. Maglaughlin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313016806

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Kurdish Culture and Society by Lokman I. Meho,Kelly L. Maglaughlin Pdf

Unique, timely, and up-to-date, this volume is the first comprehensive bibliography on Kurdish culture and society. Compiled to help students, educators, researchers, and policy makers find relevant information with ease, the book includes more than 930 items in four major languages--Arabic, English, French, and German. This work covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, communication, demography, travel, economy, education, ethnicity, health, journalism, language, literature, migration, music, religion, social structure, urbanization, and women's studies. The volume includes books and book chapters, journal articles, Ph.D. dissertations, conference papers, articles in dictionaries and encyclopedias, and important Web sites. Essays provide an overview of Kurdish society as well as surveys of Kurdish life in Syria, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Lebanon. An invaluable guide for researchers interested in the Kurds and Kurdistan, this book will aid in the location of information that is highly diverse and scattered. With its focus on a timely subject, this book fills a major gap in the bibliographic literature.