Kurdistan - Crafting of National Selves

Zusatztext [T]he study is valuable for an understanding of how the history of the Kurds was shaped! especially in Turkey! and it promotes a discussion of the history of the Kurds by exposing many problematic issues in various studies dealing with them. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Houston is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University! Sydney! Australia. Zusammenfassung Under the Ottoman Empire, Kurdistan was the name given to the province in which the Kurds, a nomadic non-Arab ethnic group, formed the largest population. This work features the history of Kurdistan, its people, history and culture. It considers the plight of the oppressed Kurdish minority in the modern nations of Iraq, Iran and Turkey. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Nationalizing Origins: Imagining the Ottoman Empire and Kurdistan Chapter 2: 'Set aside from the Pen and Cut off from the Foot': Imagining the Ottoman Empire and Kurdistan Chapter 3: Representing Kurds: A Brief History of Kurds and Kurdistan in Ethnography Chapter 4: Kemalism and the Crafting of National Selves in Kurdistan Chapter 5: Kurdish Inhabitation of the 'Kemalist City' Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Houston, Houston Christopher
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9781845202682
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-268-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, Central Asia, Asian History