Imagining Kurdistan: Identity, Culture and Society (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781784530167)

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.

Author: Özlem Belçim Galip
ISBN-10: 1784530166
ISBN-13: 9781784530167
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2015
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.60w x 0.87d