Imagining Kurdistan

ISBN: 9781784530167 出版年：2015 页码：321 Ozlem Belcim Galip Bloomsbury Publishing

From the Firthe present upheaval in Syria, the Kurdish question has been a crucial issue within the Middand 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 thomeland - boand 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.