Imagining Kurdistan : identity, culture and society /

"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 ques...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Galip, Özlem, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Series:WCI (London, England) ; 3.
Subjects:
Kurdish literature > History and criticism.
Collective memory > Kurdistan.
National characteristics.
Littérature kurde > Histoire et critique.
Mémoire collective > Kurdistān.
Caractéristiques nationales.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Middle Eastern.
Collective memory
Kurdish literature
National characteristics
Middle East > Kurdistan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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