List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Note on text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Kurdish territoriality under Ottoman rule; 2. Orientalist views of national identity and colonial maps of Kurdistan; 3. Wilsonian self-determination: the rise and fall of hopes for Kurdistan; 4. Kurdish nationalism during decolonisation and the Cold War; 5. Kurds and the international society after the Cold War; 6. Kurdish diaspora: Kurdistan map goes global; Conclusion; Index.
Examines how the idea of Kurdistan, as a homeland and a source of national identity, was created within international political history.
Zeynep N. Kaya is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, Research Associate at the Middle East Centre and Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Lecturer and Supervisor at the International Programme, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the Kurds and identity politics in the Middle East from an international relations perspective, and gendered drivers of conflict in Iraq.
'This excellent study invites us to revisit the history of Kurdish
nationalism through maps and map-making. Tracing the role of
cartography as an aspect of power relations, and of territory as
part of the modern construction of a nation, this pioneering book
offers fresh insights into our understanding of 'Kurdishness' and
of nationalism more broadly.' Katerina Delacoura, London School of
Economics
'An important contribution to studies of relationships between
nationalist constructs and aspirations, territory and sovereignty,
and collective identity in imperial lands and postcolonial states.
A significant study of cartographic 'Kurdistan,' it picks up where
Maria O'Shea's (2004) left off.' Diane E. King, University of
Kentucky
'Zeynep Kaya offers readers a critical examination of the
construction and imagination of Kurdistan via its cartographic
representations, along with some of the resultant political,
cultural and social effects of this construction. This fine work
represents academia at its best, avoiding partisan polemics and
instead methodically re-examining much of what we take for granted
on the issue.' David Romano, Thomas G. Strong Chair in Middle East
Politics, Missouri State University
'… Mapping Kurdistan shows the map of greater Kurdistan as a
lasting and powerful symbol that can be adapted to whatever
political or ideological framework is needed.' Luke Frostick,
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