evolving national identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran /
First Statement of Responsibility
Denise Natali.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Syracuse, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Syracuse University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxx, 238 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-226) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Reassessing ethnonationalism -- Late imperial period : large political space -- Iraq's transition to a colonial state -- Iraq's transition to an independent republican state -- Turkey's transition to an independent republican state -- Turkey's transition to a quasi-democracy : complex political space -- Iran's transition to a constitutional monarchy -- Iran's transition to an Islamic republic -- Transnational space : reconfiguring Kurdayetî -- Rethinking nationalism, ethnicity, and the Kurdish problem.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"In tracing the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, Denise Natali shows that, contrary to popular theories, there is nothing natural or fixed about Kurdish identity or the configuration that Kurdish nationalism assumes. Rather, Kurdish nationalism has been shaped by the development of nation-states in the region. Although Kurdish communities have maintained some shared sense of Kurdishness, Kurdayeti (the mobilization of Kurdish identity) is interwoven with much larger series of identities within the "political space" of each Kurdish group. Different notions of inclusion and exclusion have modified the political and cultural opportunities of Kurds to express their ethnic identities, opening the possibility of assuming alternative identities over time."--Jacket.