Rediscovering Kurdistan’s Cultures and Identities

Rediscovering Kurdistan’s Cultures and Identities
Author: Joanna Bocheńska
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319930885

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.

Kurds and Their Struggle for Autonomy

Kurds and Their Struggle for Autonomy
Author: Mehran Tamadonfar
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2024-04-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498571190

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.

Social Work at the Level of International Comparison

Social Work at the Level of International Comparison
Author: Cinur Ghaderi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3658303948

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.

Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations

Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
Author: S. Behnaz Hosseini
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2019
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3643911203

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.

The Kurds in Erdogan's Turkey

The Kurds in Erdogan's Turkey
Author: William Gourlay
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020-05-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1474459218

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.

Kurds in Erdogan's Turkey

Kurds in Erdogan's Turkey
Author: William Gourlay
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2020-05-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1474459226

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.

Landscapes of Resistance

Landscapes of Resistance
Author: Benjamin Rassbach
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2024
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004711651

In 2014, Yezidis were targeted by the "Islamic State". The Sinjar region has remained a contested landscape ever since: narratives around local shrines, put forward by different political groups, speak about resistance and divine intervention that ensured the Yezidis' survival.

I won’t let them be like me

I won’t let them be like me
Author: R. Latham Lechowick
Publisher: Frank & Timme GmbH
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2024-03-11
Genre:
ISBN: 3732910172

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.

Yari Religion in Iran

Yari Religion in Iran
Author: S. Behnaz Hosseini
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2022-02-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9811664447

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.

Kurdish Culture and Identity

Kurdish Culture and Identity
Author: Philip Kreyenbroek
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1996
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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