| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies on performing arts & literature of the I slamicate world ; v. 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Kurds -- Turkey, Eastern -- Folklore
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Romances, Kurdish -- Turkey
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Folk singers -- Turkey, Eastern
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Folk songs, Kurdish -- Turkey -- History and criticism
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Folklore -- Turkey, Eastern
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folk singers
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Folk songs, Kurdish
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Folklore
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Kurds
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Romances, Kurdish
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Turkey
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Eastern Turkey
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Folklore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016009120 |
| ISBN |
9789004314825 |
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9004314822 |
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