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The everyday violence of forced displacement : memory, community and identity politics among internally displaced Kurds in Turkey
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The everyday violence of forced displacement : memory, community and identity politics among internally displaced Kurds in Turkey / Miriam Geerse.
ISBN
9781666902594
1666902594
9781666902600
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Physical Description
xv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
"In the 1990s over a million Turkish Kurds were displaced from Southeastern Turkey. By focusing on the forced migrants' stories and on their mobilization of social capital in times of illness and conflict, Geerse shows how they tried to sustain meaningful lives in urban contexts marked by political and structural violence"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Geerse, Miriam. Everyday violence of forced displacement Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2023
Series
Kurdish societies, politics, and international relations
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-359) and index.
Contents
Dealing with near totalizing experiences : perspectives on politically-induced displacement
Displaced from Alimler : a story from A to Z
'The state', 'The PKK' and 'The people'
Leaving the village and settling in the city
Urban troubles, urban support?
Health matters : the benefits and drawbacks of 'the social'
Conflict, capital and control : "we solved that one too"
Turkish displacements
emplacing 'matters out of place'.
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