A01=Maria Theresa O'Shea
Author_Maria Theresa O'Shea
borderland studies
Category=GTM
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Central Government
colonial power dynamics
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ethnic territorial disputes in Middle East
Faili Kurds
Friction
Gap Project
geosophy theory
Greater Kurdistan
historical ethnography
Indian Political Service
Iranian Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
KDP
Kurdish Identity
Kurdish Language
Kurdish National Identity
Kurdish Nationalist
Kurdish Nationalist Discourse
Kurdish Nationalist Movement
Kurdish Principalities
Kurdish State
Kurdish Tribes
Kurdistan's History
Kurdistan's Location
Kurdistan’s History
Kurdistan’s Location
Make Up
Makeup
Middle East
Northern Iraqi Kurdistan
Paris Peace Conference
political geography analysis
regional identity formation
Product details
- ISBN 9780415947664
- Weight: 880g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Mar 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
