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Kurdish Culture and Society

Author : Lokman I. Meho
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313016801
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Kurdish Culture and Society written by Lokman I. Meho and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-02-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique, timely, and up-to-date, this volume is the first comprehensive bibliography on Kurdish culture and society. Compiled to help students, educators, researchers, and policy makers find relevant information with ease, the book includes more than 930 items in four major languages--Arabic, English, French, and German. This work covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, communication, demography, travel, economy, education, ethnicity, health, journalism, language, literature, migration, music, religion, social structure, urbanization, and women's studies. The volume includes books and book chapters, journal articles, Ph.D. dissertations, conference papers, articles in dictionaries and encyclopedias, and important Web sites. Essays provide an overview of Kurdish society as well as surveys of Kurdish life in Syria, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Lebanon. An invaluable guide for researchers interested in the Kurds and Kurdistan, this book will aid in the location of information that is highly diverse and scattered. With its focus on a timely subject, this book fills a major gap in the bibliographic literature.

Kurdish Culture and Society

Author : Lokman I. Meho
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313315434
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Kurdish Culture and Society written by Lokman I. Meho and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique, timely, and up-to-date, this volume is the first comprehensive bibliography on Kurdish culture and society. Compiled to help students, educators, researchers, and policy makers find relevant information with ease, the book includes more than 930 items in four major languages--Arabic, English, French, and German. This work covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, communication, demography, travel, economy, education, ethnicity, health, journalism, language, literature, migration, music, religion, social structure, urbanization, and women's studies. The volume includes books and book chapters, journal articles, Ph.D. dissertations, conference papers, articles in dictionaries and encyclopedias, and important Web sites. Essays provide an overview of Kurdish society as well as surveys of Kurdish life in Syria, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Lebanon. An invaluable guide for researchers interested in the Kurds and Kurdistan, this book will aid in the location of information that is highly diverse and scattered. With its focus on a timely subject, this book fills a major gap in the bibliographic literature.

The Kurds

Author : Sebastian Maisel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440842574
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Kurds written by Sebastian Maisel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable resource for Western readers about the Kurds—an ancient indigenous group that exemplifies diversity in the Middle East—examines their history, politics, economics, and social structure. The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society provides an insightful examination the Kurds—from their historical beginning to today—through thematic and country-specific essays as well as important primary documents that allow for a greater understanding of the diversity and pluralism of the region. This single-volume work looks at the Kurds from a variety of angles and disciplines, including history, anthropology, economics, religion, geography, and musicology, to cover the ethnic populations of the original Kurdish homeland states as well as of the diaspora. The book evaluates sources in Kurdish (both Kurmanci and Sorani) in addition to information of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish origin to present broad, up-to-date coverage that will serve nonspecialist readers, high school and college students, and professionals, journalists, politicians, and other decision makers who require accurate perspectives on Kurdish history and culture. Additionally, an entire section of the book provides excerpts of primary sources selected for their importance to Kurdish history and identity. These 20 primary source excerpts are accompanied by introductions and analysis that enable readers to fully appreciate their political, religious, and cultural importance.

The Kurds and Kurdistan

Author : Lokman I. Meho
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313032203
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Kurds and Kurdistan written by Lokman I. Meho and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-06-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Kurdish question becomes more prominent in Middle Eastern politics, it is attracting attention from the media, the academic community, and governmental and non-governmental organizations. Swamped with questions from the press and academic departments, students of Kurdish topics have needed a comprehensive bibliography on the Kurds. This book meets that need. An introductory essay provides users with general background information on the Kurds and Kurdistan. With over 800 entries, the annotated bibliography provides information on the most important works about the Kurds and Kurdistan published from World War II through 1996. Emphasizing recent titles, the book focuses on English-language scholarly works. Arranged in topical chapters, the book opens with a section on general works, then covers travel works, history and archaeology, politics, minorities and religion in Kurdistan, society, economy, language and education, literature and folklore, and culture and arts.

The Kurds

Author : Sebastian Maisel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Kurds written by Sebastian Maisel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable resource for Western readers about the Kurds—an ancient indigenous group that exemplifies diversity in the Middle East—examines their history, politics, economics, and social structure. The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society provides an insightful examination the Kurds—from their historical beginning to today—through thematic and country-specific essays as well as important primary documents that allow for a greater understanding of the diversity and pluralism of the region. This single-volume work looks at the Kurds from a variety of angles and disciplines, including history, anthropology, economics, religion, geography, and musicology, to cover the ethnic populations of the original Kurdish homeland states as well as of the diaspora. The book evaluates sources in Kurdish (both Kurmanci and Sorani) in addition to information of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish origin to present broad, up-to-date coverage that will serve nonspecialist readers, high school and college students, and professionals, journalists, politicians, and other decision makers who require accurate perspectives on Kurdish history and culture. Additionally, an entire section of the book provides excerpts of primary sources selected for their importance to Kurdish history and identity. These 20 primary source excerpts are accompanied by introductions and analysis that enable readers to fully appreciate their political, religious, and cultural importance.

Kurdish Culture and Identity

Author : Philip Kreyenbroek
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Kurdish Culture and Identity written by Philip Kreyenbroek and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the culture of the Kurdish people. It looks at their history, literature, language, religion, costume and material culture including rugs and weaving

The Kurds and Kurdistan

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Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kurds and Kurdistan written by and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1997-06-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Kurdish question becomes more prominent in Middle Eastern politics, it is attracting attention from the media, the academic community, and governmental and non-governmental organizations. Swamped with questions from the press and academic departments, students of Kurdish topics have needed a comprehensive bibliography on the Kurds. This book meets that need. An introductory essay provides users with general background information on the Kurds and Kurdistan. With over 800 entries, the annotated bibliography provides information on the most important works about the Kurds and Kurdistan published from World War II through 1996. Emphasizing recent titles, the book focuses on English-language scholarly works. Arranged in topical chapters, the book opens with a section on general works, then covers travel works, history and archaeology, politics, minorities and religion in Kurdistan, society, economy, language and education, literature and folklore, and culture and arts.

Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

Author : Michael M. Gunter
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810875071
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Kurds written by Michael M. Gunter and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Kurds greatly expands on the first edition through an updated chronology, an introductory essay, an expanded bibliography, maps, photos, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics.

Imagining Kurdistan

Author : Özlem Belçim Galip
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857726439
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Imagining Kurdistan written by Özlem Belçim Galip and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the First Gulf War to the present upheaval in Syria, the Kurdish question has been a crucial issue within the Middle East region and 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 the idea of the homeland - both as a symbol and 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.

The Cambridge History of the Kurds

Author : Hamit Bozarslan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108583016
Total Pages : 1027 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Kurds written by Hamit Bozarslan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.

The Yezidis

Author : Birgül Açikyildiz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857720619
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The Yezidis written by Birgül Açikyildiz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yezidism is a fascinating part of the rich cultural mosaic of the Middle East. The Yezidi faith emerged for the first time in the twelfth century in the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq. The religion, which has become notorious for its associations with 'devil worship', is in fact an intricate syncretic system of belief, incorporating elements from proto-Indo-European religions, early Iranian faiths like Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, Sufism and regional paganism like Mithraism. Birgul Acikyildiz here offers a comprehensive appraisal of Yezidi religion, society and culture. Written without presupposing any prior knowledge about Yezidism, and in an accessible and readable style, her book examines Yezidis not only from a religious point of view but as a historical and social phenomenon. She throws light on the origins of Yezidism, and charts its development and changing fortunes - from its beginnings to the present- as part of the general history of the Kurds. Her book is the first to place Yezidism in its complete geographical setting in Northern Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Transcaucasia. The author describes the Yezidi belief system (which considers Tawusi Melek - the 'Peacock Angel' - to be ruler of the earth) and its religious practices and observances, analysing the most important facets of Yezidi religious art and architecture (including funerary monuments and zoomorphic tombstones) and their relationship to their neighbours throughout the Middle East. Acikyildiz also explores the often misunderstood connections between Yezidism and the Satan/Sheitan of Christian and Muslim tradition. Richly illustrated, with accompanying maps, photographs and illustrations, this pioneering book will have strong appeal to all those with an interest in the culture of the Kurds, as well as the wider region.

Perspectives on Kurdistan's Economy and Society in Transition

Author : Serwan M.J. Baban
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443869716
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Kurdistan's Economy and Society in Transition written by Serwan M.J. Baban and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second scientific World Kurdish Congress was held in October 2012 at Hewler with the theme of improving the quality of life, science and culture for progress in Kurdistan. The papers presented focused on various important aspects of culture, economy, education, health, industry and political science in Kurdistan. The objective of this conference was to create a network of academicians to exchange and develop knowledge and work together with the Kurdistan Regional Government on how to further enhance the progress within the Kurdish society. This volume is a collection of 26 studies presented at the Congress and includes an introduction by the editors and a summary report of the Congress. The topics presented here are diverse, covering several areas pertinent to the current Kurdish situation. The studies are divided into ten areas: namely, agriculture and rural development; diaspora; education and research; health and quality of life; industry; information technology and e-government; infrastructure and development; language; human rights; and politics. In the last part of the volume, the organization committee provides a compilation of recommendations from the Congress to the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Kurdistan on the Global Stage

Author : Diane E. King
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813563542
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Kurdistan on the Global Stage written by Diane E. King and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologist Diane E. King has written about everyday life in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which covers much of the area long known as Iraqi Kurdistan. Following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’thist Iraqi government by the United States and its allies in 2003, Kurdistan became a recognized part of the federal Iraqi system. The Region is now integrated through technology, media, and migration to the rest of the world. Focusing on household life in Kurdistan’s towns and villages, King explores the ways that residents connect socially, particularly through patron-client relationships and as people belonging to gendered categories. She emphasizes that patrilineages (male ancestral lines) seem well adapted to the Middle Eastern modern stage and viceversa. The idea of patrilineal descent influences the meaning of refuge-seeking and migration as well as how identity and place are understood, how women and men interact, and how “politicking” is conducted. In the new Kurdistan, old values may be maintained, reformulated, or questioned. King offers a sensitive interpretation of the challenges resulting from the intersection of tradition with modernity. Honor killings still occur when males believe their female relatives have dishonored their families, and female genital cutting endures. Yet, this is a region where modern technology has spread and seemingly everyone has a mobile phone. Households may have a startling combination of illiterate older women and educated young women. New ideas about citizenship coexist with older forms of patronage. King is one of the very few scholars who conducted research in Iraq under extremely difficult conditions during the Saddam Hussein regime. How she was able to work in the midst of danger and in the wake of genocide is woven throughout the stories she tells. Kurdistan on the Global Stage serves as a lesson in field research as well as a valuable ethnography.

As Strong as the Mountains

Author : Robert L. Brenneman
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478608153
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book As Strong as the Mountains written by Robert L. Brenneman and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2007-02-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Brenneman provides a razor-sharp awareness of the Kurds roots in the Middle East as well as their massive urban migration and the resulting cultural upheaval. Based on long-term research, this richly layered ethnography takes readers on a journey from the mountains of Ararat, the alleged resting place of Noahs Ark, to urban environments in a megalopolis like Istanbul, Turkey. Brenneman, who lived among the Kurds in both Iraq and Turkey, conducted fieldwork in such places as refugee camps, destroyed mountain villages, and tea gardens in Istanbul. He examines core and changing aspects of Kurdish culture, including human rights, ethnic identity, womens roles, family and community, religious practices, and the transition from oral tradition to literacy. In addition to providing insight into the worldview of the Kurdish people from antiquities to current events, the author points to key lessons that can be drawn from the ongoing dilemmas they face.

The Political and Cultural History of the Kurds

Author : Amir Harrak
Publisher : Kurdish People, History and Politics
ISBN 13 : 9781433182129
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Political and Cultural History of the Kurds written by Amir Harrak and published by Kurdish People, History and Politics. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the politics, culture and history of the Kurds in medieval and modern history, including the contemporary 'Arab Spring'. This anthology is dedicated to the memory of Professor Amir Hassanpour and examines his contribution to Kurdish scholarship.

The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran

Author : Marouf Cabi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755642260
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran written by Marouf Cabi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Kurds have attracted widespread international attention, Iranian Kurdistan has been largely overlooked. This book examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for Iran's Kurdish society in the 20th century. Marouf Cabi argues that while state-led modernisation integrated the Kurds in modern Iran, the homogenisation of identity and culture also resulted in their vigorous pursuit of their political and cultural rights. Focusing on the dual process of state-led modernisation and homogenisation of identity and culture, Cabi examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for the socioeconomic, cultural, and political structures as well as for gender relations. It is the consequences of this dynamic dual process that explains the modern structures of Iran's Kurdish society, on the one hand, and its intimate relationship with Iran as a historical, geographical, and political entity, on the other. Using Persian, Kurdish and English sources, the book explores the transformation of Kurdish society between the Second World War and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, with a special focus on the era of the 'White Revolution' during the 1960s and 1970s.

Home and Sense of Belonging Among Iraqi Kurds in the UK

Author : Ali Zalme
Publisher : Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations
ISBN 13 : 9781793617545
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Home and Sense of Belonging Among Iraqi Kurds in the UK written by Ali Zalme and published by Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using an in-depth ethnographic study and interviews, Home and Sense of Belonging among Iraqi Kurds in the UK explores how Iraqi Kurds living in the UK conceptualise their sense of home and belonging and analyzes the differences in generational and gendered perspectives within Kurdish communities.