1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910745599203321

Autore

Tejel Jordi

Titolo

Rethinking State and Border Formation in the Middle East : Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi Borderlands, 1921-46 / / Jordi Tejel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9781399503679

1399503677

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.) : 4 B/W illustrations

Disciplina

956/.03

Soggetti

Borderlands - Iraq - History - 20th century

Borderlands - Syria - History - 20th century

Borderlands - Turkey - History - 20th century

Nationalism - Middle East - History - 20th century

HISTORY / Middle East / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- FIGURES -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Networks of Violence in the Shatterzones of the Post-Ottoman Middle East -- 2 Refugees, Borders and Identity Boundaries -- 3 Cross-Border Infringements: Smugglers, Criminals and Fugitives -- 4 Interstate Cooperation Against Diseases and Plagues and its Limits -- 5 Railroads, Uneven Mobilities and Frail States -- 6 Irredentism in a Context of Global Uncertainty -- 7 De-Bordering and Re-Bordering Middle Eastern States -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Reinterprets the making of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi borderlands from a decentred and connected perspectiveAnalyses the violence and forced displacement in the borderlands of the post-Ottoman Middle EastExamines the contribution of border populations to the making of the history of the borderlands, nation-states and the region as a wholeCovers the borderlands stretching between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq while paying attention to border variations Turkey-Syria/Turkey-Iraq/Syria-IraqUtilises theoretical and methodological debates in borderlands and mobility studies, as well as social, environmental and



transnational historyWhile the wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen, alongside the establishment of the so-called “Islamic Caliphate” have brought the debate about the crisis of the territorial nation-state in the Middle East once again to the fore, this issue cannot be simply understood as the logical consequence of either an imported political construction or the purported artificiality of Middle Eastern borders. Instead, the process of state formation in the region has been a complicated course that involved different institutional traditions, managing societies marked by varying degrees of political loyalty to central power, and dealing with colonial interference. Rethinking State and Border Formation in the Middle East seeks to disentangle some of these complexities by proposing both a decentred and dialectic approach. Taking its cue from the bourgeoning field of borderland studies and a variety of historical sub-disciplines, this monograph pays attention to the circulation of people, goods, diseases and ideas as well as to the everyday encounters between a wide range of state and non-state actors in the borderlands laying between Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The goal is to provide a much more holistic yet finely-grained understanding of the formation of the territorial state in the interwar Middle East.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911008441003321

Autore

King Stewart <1968->

Titolo

Escribir la catalanidad : lengua e identidades culturales en la narrativa contemporanea de Cataluna / / Stewart King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; ; Rochester, NY, : Tamesis, 2005

ISBN

1-282-08029-6

9786612080296

1-84615-394-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Coleccion Tamesis. Serie A, Monografias ; ; 216

Disciplina

863/.6099467

Soggetti

Spanish fiction - Spain - Catalonia - History and criticism

Spanish fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Language and culture - Spain - Catalonia - History - 20th century

Catalans - Ethnic identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 May 2023).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Construir la identidad: de la Renaixenca en adelante -- El 'greu problema d'identitat': escribir en castellano en Cataluna -- Traducir la catalanidad -- 'El tema delicat' : inmigracion y literatura -- La desmitificacion cultural : los casos de Juan Marse y Montserrat Roig -- 'Entre el deseo y la realidad' : identidad y narrativas historicas -- Hacia una redefinicion de la literatura e identidad catalanas.

Sommario/riassunto

"This study explores the interaction of language, culture and identity in contemporary Catalonia and rejects the exclusion of Castilian as a language capable of expressing 'Catalan-ness'"--Provided by publisher.