The Kurdish women's movement: history, theory, practice

A non-Eurocentric feminist perspective on the revolutionary Kurdish women's movement.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dirik, Dilar 1991- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Pluto Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Turkey / Woman / Kurdish language / Feminism / Theory / History
Further subjects:B Women guerrillas
B Feminism
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Summary:A non-Eurocentric feminist perspective on the revolutionary Kurdish women's movement.
Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Locations in Kurdish -- Map -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: The Kurdistan women's revolution - A social history from below -- Part I: History -- 1. Mapping the Kurdistan of women -- 2. The Kurdistan Revolutionaries -- 3. Berxwedan jiyan e! - The Diyarbakir prison resistance -- 4. Vejin! - The first bullet -- 5. Edi bes e! - The dirty war -- 6. Towards women's autonomy -- 7. International conspiracy and internal crisis -- 8. The battle for the PKK's soul -- 9. Enter Democratic Confederalism -- Part II: Theory -- 10. 'Struggling woman': Ideology and identity -- 11. Building 'democratic modernity' -- 12. Jineoloji: 'A science of woman and life' -- Part III: Practice -- 31. War and peace -- 13. Stateless society -- 14. Ocalan: Leader, prisoner, comrade -- 15. Revolutionizing love -- 16. Mothers -- 17. Self-defence -- 18. Martyrs -- 19. Prisoners -- 20. Education -- 21. Media -- 22. Ecology -- 23. Mexmur: From displacement to self-determination -- 24. Bakur: Women against politicide -- 25: Basur: 'Freedom is more than the absence of dictatorship' -- 26. Rojava: A women's revolution -- 27. Resistance or feminicide: Women against Daesh -- 28. Sengal: From feminicide to women's autonomy -- 29. Kobane did not fall -- 30. Life after Daesh: Women's solidarity in Manbij -- Part IV: Empowerment or Revolution? -- 32. Two rivers, two freedom agendas? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 352 Seiten), Illustrationen
ISBN:978-1-78680-738-0
978-1-78680-739-7