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001 2013015402
003 DLC
005 20140711085301.0
008 130613s2014 nyub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013015402
020 $a9780415824187 (hardback)
020 $z9780203584736 (e-book)
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084 $aHIS055000$aSOC053000$2bisacsh
050 00 $aDR435.K87$bA73 2014
082 00 $a305.891/5970561$223
100 1 $aAras, Ramazan.
245 14 $aThe formation of Kurdishness in Turkey :$bpolitical violence, fear and pain /$cRamazan Aras.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group,$c2014.
300 $aix, 227 pages :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge studies in middle eastern politics ;$v59
520 $a"The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey examines political violence, the politics of fear and the Kurdish experience of pain through an analysis of life stories, personal narratives and testimonies of Kurdish subjects in contemporary Turkey. It traces the physical and psychological impacts of the war between the state security forces and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) guerrillas in the last three decades, in Kurdish populated areas in the south-eastern part of Turkey. Focusing on the instrumentalization of violence, the ensuing and manufactured culture of fear, gendered experiences of state violence, pain, incarceration, and corporeal punishment, Ramazan Aras argues that these phenomena have shaped contemporary Kurdish history and memory. Analysing occurrences of various forms of protracted state violence and fear not only as personal and differential markers experienced by individuals, but also as communally-felt phenomena which have engendered collective suffering, this book asserts that these traumatic experiences have marked the social body and produced a prevailing narrative of Kurdishness.Providing an anthropological study of political violence, fear, and pain amongst the Kurdish community in Turkey, this book will be welcomed by students and scholars of Kurdish Studies, Middle East Studies and Anthropology"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey examines political violence, the politics of fear and the Kurdish experience of pain through an analysis of life stories, personal narratives and testimonies of Kurdish subjects in contemporary Turkey. It traces the physical and psychological impacts of the war between the state security forces and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) guerrillas in the last three decades, in Kurdish populated areas in the south-eastern part of Turkey. Focusing on the instrumentalization of violence, the ensuing and manufactured culture of fear, gendered experiences of state violence, pain, incarceration, and corporeal punishment, Ramazan Aras argues that these phenomena have shaped contemporary Kurdish history and memory. Analysing occurrences of various forms of protracted state violence and fear not only as personal and differential markers experienced by individuals, but also as communally-felt phenomena which have engendered collective suffering, this book asserts that these traumatic experiences have marked the social body and produced a prevailing narrative of Kurdishness. Providing an anthropological study of political violence, fear, and pain amongst the Kurdish community in Turkey, this book will be welcomed by students and scholars of Kurdish Studies, Middle East Studies and Anthropology"$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
610 20 $aPartiya Karkerên Kurdistanê.
650 0 $aKurds$zTurkey$xHistory$xAutonomy and independence movements.
650 0 $aKurds$zTurkey$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aKurds$zTurkey$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aPolitical violence$zTurkey$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPolitical violence$zTurkey$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, Kurdish.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.$2bisacsh