The Zaza Kurds of Turkey

• Verfasst von: Kaya, Mehmed S. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The Zaza Kurds of Turkey
• Titelzusatz: a Middle Eastern minority in a globalised society
• Verf.angabe: Mehmed S. Kaya
• Ausgabe: New paperback edition
• Verlagsort: London ; New York
• Verlag: I.B. Tauris
• Jahr: 2018
• Umfang: xii, 223 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten
• Format: 22 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-215) and index
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-282-0
• Schlagwörter: (g)Türkei / (s)Zāzā
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kaya, Mehmed S. ISBN: The Zaza Kurds of Turkey. - London : I. B. Tauris, 2011. - Online-Ressource (xii, 223 p.)
• K10plus-PPN: 1665791233

Abstract

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.

Abstract

Turkey, at the very intersection between Europe and the Middle East, comprises 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. Mehmed S. Kaya here 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 maintained its way of life and cultural identity in today's globalised society. This book provides valuable insights into a little-known people, and will be of interest within the fields of Middle East Studies, Islamic Studies, Minority Studies and Diaspora Studies--back cover