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Women Fighters in the Kurdish National Movement

Transforming Gender Politics and the PKK

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvMustafa Kemal Topal,Denmark) Topal, Mustafa Kemal (Roskilde University

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The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement. Designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and the US, it seeks self-determination from Turkey. But this book examines the other changes it generates in society, focusing on how it has become a platform for shifts in gender politics through its women fighters. Based on fieldwork undertaken in Iraq, Syria and Europe - including in-depth interviews and participant observation within women’s camps - the book examines Kurdish women fighters’ motivations to join the PKK, as well as their personal life stories and views on gender, patriarchy, and ethnic minority experiences. This is the largest ethnographic study on the PKK to date and the book argues that in addition to seeking their nation's struggle for survival and a democratic society, Kurdish women fighters are driven by the prospect of improving conditions for themselves and for women across the entire region.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-02-22
Mått160 x 238 x 20 mm
Vikt520 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieKurdish Studies
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780755648368

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
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IntroductionChapter 1: Women's childhood experiences of double otherness. Chapter 2: Detachments and Reorientations in a three-generational perspective. Chapter 3. Reconstructing Identity, Love, and Sexuality in the Context of MountainsChapter 4. Theorizing of Separation and Biological Body Chapter 5. Effects of Women's Combat Experiences on Understanding of Gendered BodyChapter 6. Women's post-Conflict Reflections and Implementation of the New SocietyChapter 7. Summary and Conclusion

Engaging with a vast body of literature on power, colonialism, and gender Topal offers an original and insightful study of the multifaceted experiences of women fighters and the evolution of gender relations within the Kurdish movement across generations. Pursuing an interpretivist approach informed by in-depth interviews and multiple site visits, his work represents the state-of-the art in qualitative methods in Kurdish studies.