Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan (Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law) - Softcover

O'Shea, Maria Theresa

 
9780415652902: Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan (Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415652901 ISBN 13: 9780415652902
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Kurdistan exists as a cultural and political concept on many levels of discourse. Despite Kurdistan's divisions, lack of definition and the absence of a unified struggle for a Kurdish state, the concept survives the reality as a powerful mixture of myths, reality and ambition. This thesis analyses geographical and historical factors, which have shaped Kurdish conceptions of their identity. Historically, Kurdistan existed in the heart of an ethnically and geographically complex region, a marginal buffer zone between rival regional and colonial powers. Kurdistan's location was the key to its political and cultural developments. Many resultant features were to militate against the formation of a Kurdish state.

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Maria T. O'Shea

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415652901
ISBN 13 
9780415652902
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280

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