Hopp til hovedinnhold
Omslagsbilde

Women Fighters in the Kurdish National Movement : Transforming Gender Politics and the PKK

Topal, Mustafa Kemal

Forventes utgitt

Forventes utgitt: 18.09.2025

Leveringstid: 3-10 dager

Handlinger

Beskrivelse

Omtale

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.

  • ISBN/Varenr:

    9780755648405

  • Språk:

    Engelsk

  • Forlag:

    I.B. Tauris

  • Innbinding:

    Heftet

  • Fagtema:

    Samfunn og samfunnsvitenskap

  • Serie:

    Kurdish Studies

  • Litteraturtype:

    Faglitteratur

  • Sider:

    240

  • Høyde:

    23.4 cm

  • Bredde:

    15.6 cm

The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran : Modernity, Modernization and Social Change 1921-1979

The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran : Modernity, Modernization and Social Change 1921-1979

Cabi, Marouf
9780755642281 Heftet
29.06.2023
Engelsk

Produseres på bestilling
The Kurds and the Politics of Turkey : Agency, Territory and Religion

The Kurds and the Politics of Turkey : Agency, Territory and Religion

Cifci, Deniz
9780755642786 Heftet
26.08.2021
Engelsk

Produseres på bestilling
The Kurds of Northern Syria : Governance, Diversity and Conflicts

The Kurds of Northern Syria : Governance, Diversity and Conflicts

Allsopp, Harriet • Wilgenburg, Wladimir van
9781838604455 Heftet
11.07.2019
Engelsk

I salg
Women Fighters in the Kurdish National Movement : Transforming Gender Politics and the PKK

Women Fighters in the Kurdish National Movement : Transforming Gender Politics and the PKK

Topal, Mustafa Kemal
9780755648368 Innbundet
22.02.2024
Engelsk

Produseres på bestilling