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The Zaza Kurds of Turkey : a Middle Eastern minority in a globalised society / Mehmed S. Kaya.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaya, Mehmed S., author.
- Series:
- Library of modern Middle East studies ; 71.
- LIbrary of modern Middle East studies ; 71
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zazas (Iranian people)--Ethnic identity.
- Zazas (Iranian people).
- Kurds--Turkey.
- Kurds.
- Kurds--Turkey--Ethnic identity.
- Kurds--Turkey--Social life and customs.
- Kurds--Turkey--Civilization.
- Kurds--Turkey--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Annotation Turkey, a country at the very intersection between Europe and the Middle East, is comprised of a plethora of ethnicities and minority groups. There is however very little official data about many of its chief minorities. The Zazas are one such group: a Kurdish people speaking the Zaza dialect, and living as a distinct people in the eastern Anatolian provinces. In this book, Mehmed S. Kaya investigates all aspects of Zaza life: kinship, economy, culture, identity, gender relations, patriarchy and religion. His fieldwork among local communities in the Zaza area sheds light upon the ways in which this Middle Eastern minority has maintained its way of life and cultural identity in todays globalized society. This book provides valuable insights into a people about whom little is known, and will be of interest within the fields of Middle East Studies, Islamic Studies, Minority Studies and Diaspora Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Kinship
- A tribal society
- A patriarchal society
- A society with its own authorities
- Reciprocity among the Zaza population
- The economic system of the Zaza society
- Turkey, a nationalist state in conflict
- Culture and identity
- Gender relations, family and division of labour
- Religion, collectivism and individualism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613292148
- 9781786729569
- 1786729563
- 9780755609376
- 0755609379
- 9781283292146
- 1283292149
- 9780857720146
- 0857720147
- OCLC:
- 756484705
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