The sung home : narrative, morality, and the Kurdish nation / by Wendelmoet Hamelink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamelink, Wendelmoet, author.

Series:

Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world ; 3.

Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Turkey, Eastern--Folklore.

Kurds.

Romances, Kurdish--Turkey.

Romances, Kurdish.

Folk singers--Turkey, Eastern.

Folk singers.

Folk songs, Kurdish--Turkey--History and criticism.

Folk songs, Kurdish.

Folklore--Turkey, Eastern.

Folklore.

Eastern Turkey.

Turkey.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xxv, 435 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

This book tells the story of Kurdish singer-poets (dengbejs) in Turkish Kurdistan, who are specialised in the recital singing of historical songs. After a long period of silence, they returned to public life in the 2000s and are presented as guardians of history and culture. Their lyrics, life stories, and live performances offer fascinating insights into cultural practices, local politics and the contingencies of state borders. Decades of oppression have deeply politicised and moralized cultural and musical production and through in-depth ethnographic analysis Hamelink highlights the variety of personal and social narratives within a society in turmoil. Set within the larger global stories of modernity, nationalism, and Orientalism, this study reflects on different ideas about what it means to create a Kurdish homeland.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

List of figures

List of participating performers

List of songs discussed

Corpus of recorded songs

List of terms and abbreviations

Notes on language use and translation

Introduction

1. The sung home

2. Some notes on the dengbêj art

3. Folklore, nationalism and (self- )orientalism in Turkey

4. Narrative and morality

5. Engaged writing

6. Chapter outline.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-428) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hamelink, Wendelmoet. Sung home.

ISBN:

9789004314818

9004314814

OCLC:

935690233

Publisher Number:

40026190422