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1 online resource (250 pages) |
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The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication |
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Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication.
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| Contents |
Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations and Key terms; Part I: Multiculturalism in Imagined Communities; Chapter 1: Introduction; Introduction; The Academic Default: A€Critique; Identity Crisis in€Europe; What Is the€Problem?; The Structure of€the€Book; Notes; Chapter 2: Multiculturalism Debates, Policies, and€Concepts; Introduction; Multicultural Versus Multiculturalism; Identical Diversity: Different Multiculturalisms; Multiculturalism in€Britain and€Sweden; Fear and€Worry in€the€Nation; Notes; Chapter 3: Nations, Diaspora, Identity, and€Alternative Explorations; Introduction |
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Nations, Belonging, and€the€OtherThe Imagined Community; Europe and€Its Other; Defining Diaspora; Old and€New Diasporas; Transnationalism and€Double Consciousness; Scripts, Performativity, and€the€Online Scene; Identity as€Scripts and€Performativities; New Technology and€the€New Information Sphere; The Online Scene; Notes; Chapter 4: State Struggles in€the€Middle East and€the€Kurdish Diaspora; Introduction; From Turkey's Kemalism to€Chemical Ali in€Iraq; A Line in€the€Sand; Kurds of€Syria and€Iran; Kurds as€the€Other in€the€Middle East; The Kurdish Diaspora in€Europe; Notes |
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Part II: Arriving on the SceneChapter 5: "Is it OK?"-Challenging Gender Roles; Introduction; Transnational Viva Kurdistan; Tackling Honour Debate in€Europe; Cultural Artefacts and€Post-Memories of€Tragedies; Collective Memories of€Halabja; Newroz; Contesting Gender Norms; Ethnic-Religious Tensions; "The Burqa is Nasty"; Marital Obligations; Offline Delineations; Online Confidentiality and€Offline Restrictions; Mixed Marriages Between the€Kurds of€Diaspora and€the€Homeland; Notes; Chapter 6: "Am I€a€Real Kurd?": Deconstructing Kurdish Identity; Introduction; Rewinding to€Circa 2010 |
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Kurds as€the€Other in€the€Middle EastShifting Gaze to€the€Internal Other; From Essentialist Claims to€Constructionist Notions; "I Call You€a€Turk and€a€Half Turk"; "They've Become European!"; "Swedish Kurds are the€Worst"; "Imports/Freshies"; From Guests to€Citizens; "They Will Throw Us Out Soon"; Offline Delineations; Viva Kurdistan: "A Microcosms of€Countries"; Note; Chapter 7: "My Kurdistan Chapter": Kurdish Repatriation; Introduction; Roots, Guilt, and€Connections; Going Home or Leaving Home?; Managing Different Communities Through Transnational Practices |
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Part III: Consciousness, Information Technology, and New DirectionsChapter 8: Towards a€Weakened Imagined Community; Introduction; Challenging Old Scripts and€Performing New Kurdishness; Non-Negotiable Scripts: Suffering as€a€Source of€Kurdishness; Contesting Old Scripts of€Kurdishness; Beyond the€Duality of€Homeland and€Hostland; Diaspora Versus Homeland; Between Generations; Between Diasporas: The€Impact of€Policies; Within Diaspora: Between Old and€New Migrants; From Double Consciousness to€Multiconsciousness; Techno-Social Aspects; Online Anonymity and€Authenticity |
| Notes |
A Site of€Resistance: Empowering Kurdish Women |
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Print version record |
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Digital media.
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Refugees, Kurdish.
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Digital media
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Refugees, Kurdish
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137513472 |
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1137513470 |
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