The Kurds : nation building in a fragmented homeland /

The Kurds : nation building in a fragmented homeland / edited by Ofra Bengio. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Kurdish Nationalism in Comparative Perspective / Historical Setting: The Roots of Modern Kurdish Nationalism / The Dual Relationship between Kurdish Tribalism and Nationalism / Kurdish Integration in Iraq: The Paradoxes of Nation Formation and Nation Building / The Evolution of National Identity and the Constitution-Drafting Process in the Kurdistan-Iraq Region / Forging an Iraqi-Kurdish Identity: A Case Study of Kurdish Novelists Writing in Arabic / A Tale of Political Consciousness: The Rise of a Nonviolent Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey / The Role of Language in the Evolution of Kurdish National Identity in Turkey / The Kurdish Women in Turkey: Nation Building and the Struggle for Gender Parity / The Kurds in Syria: Caught between the Struggle for Civil Equality and the Search for National Identity / Toward a Generational Rupture within the Kurdish Movement in Syria? / The Kurds in Iran: The Quest for Identity / The Nostalgic Republic: The Kurdish Republic of 1946 and Its Effect on Kurdish Identity and Nation Building in Iran / Conclusion: The Kurdish Momentum / Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index. Ofra Bengio -- Benyamin Neuberger -- Michael Eppel -- Eli Amarilyo -- Sherko Kirmanj -- Rachel Kantz Feder -- Ronen Zeidel -- Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak -- Duygu Atlas -- Heidi Basch-Harod -- Eyal Zisser -- Jordi Tejel -- Nader Entessar -- Hussein Tahiri -- Ofra Bengio --



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Kurds--Politics and government--21st century.
Kurds--History--Autonomy and independence movements.


Electronic Books.

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