Lexington Books
Pages: 136
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-7356-6 • Hardback • October 2018 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
978-1-4985-7357-3 • eBook • October 2018 • $98.50 • (£76.00)
Ceren Şengül is professor of political science at Istanbul Okan University.
Chapter 1: Two ‘Moments of Transition’: How State Rhetoric Plays a Role in Manifestations of Kurdishness
Chapter 2: Contextualising Kurdishness Through Localities: Everyday Experiences Of Prejudice/Discrimination
Chapter 3: Contextualising Kurdishness Through Language: Family Environment and Neighbourhood
Conclusion: (Re-)Shaping Kurdishness From Macro to Micro
Appendix: List of the Respondents
Dr. Șengül proposes an insightful reading of individual forms of transmitting, constructing and experiencing Kurdishness in a highly tense context in the Kurdish and Turkish regions of Turkey.
— Hamit Bozarslan, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Ceren Şengül provides an excellent account of how everyday Kurdishness in contemporary Turkey is experienced, expressed and (re)negotiated and the various factors that influence these. This important and much-needed intervention draws our attention to the personalized and customized diverse experiences of Kurdishness across different settings and localities in Turkey. By emphasizing micro (and not macro or essentialist) everyday constructions of Kurdishness, Şengül convincingly dissects how Kurdish individuals define their identities as they navigate and challenge state rhetoric, everyday acts of prejudice and discrimination, family environment and neighborhood/social status.— Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, coordinator of the Kurdish Studies Network (KSN) and managing editor of the journal Kurdish Studies