03136nam 22005651 450 991096251860332120171004064440.0978075560884307556088449780857726438085772643910.5040/9780755608843(CKB)3840000000340916(MiAaPQ)EBC4890512(OCoLC)1021882926(UtOrBLW)bpp09264579(UtOrBLW)BP9780755608843BC(EXLCZ)99384000000034091620200131d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierImagining Kurdistan identity, culture and society /Özlem Belçim GalipLondon ;New York :I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,2015.1 online resource (312 pages) illustrations, tablesWritten culture and identity ;39781784530167 1784530166 Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-305) and index.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."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.WCI (London, England) ;3.Collective memoryKurdistanKurdish literatureHistory and criticismNational characteristics20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000BICCollective memoryKurdish literatureHistory and criticism.National characteristics.20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.891.597093851Galip Özlem1982-1796280UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910962518603321Imagining Kurdistan4337977UNINA