Title The formation of Kurdishness in Turkey : political violence, fear and pain / Ramazan Aras

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages .) Series Routledge studies in middle eastern politics ; 59 Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 59 Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; Methodology and fieldwork; Notes; 1. The modern nation-state and political violence; The nation-state, violence and the question of sovereignty; The making of an "enemy"; The Turkish nation-state and its Kurdish subjects; Conclusion; Notes; 2. A genealogical exploration of Kurdish suffering in Turkey; The first phase: the time of rebellions 1925-38; The memories of the Sheikh Said rebellion; Dersim 1938: marginalized voices from Turkey's history The second phase: the post-rebellion era 1938-60The third phase: the re-emergence of Kurdish political movements 1960-84; The contemporary phase: the PKK; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The state and the politics of fear; Events and memory: "When the troubles began"; Violated self: the fear of dishonor and humiliation; A ghostly state: disappearances and murders by unknown assailants; Surveillance, spying and stigmatization: transformation of settlements into open prisons; Subjectivity, collectivity and the formation of narratives; Conclusion; Notes; 4. A nation in pain: gendered suffering and loss Language, body and painLaments and bodily performances in the mourning rituals; Songs of grief and suffering; "Mother, give me some water!"; Political widowhood and the Mothers of Kurdistan; Conclusion; Notes; 5. The embodiment of state violence: memories of incarceration and corporeal punishment; Corporeal punishment and the state power; The production of consent; The politics of representation; Gendered corporeality and punishment; Inferno: voices from the Diyarbakır prison; Gendered experiences: shame and dignity; Self-destroyed bodies: body politics and resistance; Conclusion; Notes 6. The making of the Kurdish world(s)The making of Kurdishness; The construction of Kurdishness as "the other"; Narratives of suffering and memory; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index Summary 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 experience Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê. SUBJECT Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê fast Subject Kurds -- Turkey -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements. Kurds -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century Kurds -- Turkey -- History -- 21st century Political violence -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Turkey -- History -- 21st century National characteristics, Kurdish. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Kurds Kurds -- Autonomy and independence movements National characteristics, Kurdish Political violence Turkey Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1134648715 9781134648719

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