Mapping Kurdistan - Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism

List of contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Note on text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Kurdish territoriality under Ottoman rule; 2. Orientalist views of national identity and colonial maps of Kurdistan; 3. Wilsonian self-determination: the rise and fall of hopes for Kurdistan; 4. Kurdish nationalism during decolonisation and the Cold War; 5. Kurds and the international society after the Cold War; 6. Kurdish diaspora: Kurdistan map goes global; Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Zeynep N. Kaya is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, Research Associate at the Middle East Centre and Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Lecturer and Supervisor at the International Programme, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the Kurds and identity politics in the Middle East from an international relations perspective, and gendered drivers of conflict in Iraq.

Product details

• Authors: Zeynep N Kaya, Zeynep N. Kaya, Zeynep N. (London School of Economics and Po Kaya
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108465397
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46539-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Middle East / General, Geopolitics, Nationalism, Middle East, Relating to Kurdish people