Trapped Between the Map and Reality

Name: Trapped Between the Map and Reality
Author: Maria Theresa O'Shea

Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan

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Paperback, 280 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2012

ISBN13: 9780415652902

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Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 2012 9780415652902

Onderdeel van serie Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law

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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.