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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796987103321

Autore

Galip Özlem <1982->

Titolo

Imagining Kurdistan : identity, culture and society / / Özlem Belçim Galip

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, , 2015

ISBN

0-7556-0884-4

0-85772-643-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Written culture and identity ; ; 3

Disciplina

891.597093851

Soggetti

Collective memory - Kurdistan

Kurdish literature - History and criticism

National characteristics

20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Kurdistan and beyond: the search for a homeland -- An overview of Kurdish politics: wars, uprisings and movements -- Kurdish literary and cultural productions: from oral literature to digital media -- The Kurdish novelistic discourse in diaspora: constructing 'home-land' and 'identity' -- The Kurdish novelistic discourse in Turkish Kurdistan: constructing 'homeland' and 'identity' -- A comparative analysis of the novels: from Turkish Kurdistan to its diaspora.

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--Bloomsbury publishing.