Being sick of politics: The production of dengbêjî as Kurdish cultural heritage in contemporary Turkey
Over the last decade the art of dengbêjî [Kurdish minstrelsy] has come to be understood as the paradigmatic form of Kurdish heritage and dengbêjs concomitantly as the authentic carriers of Kurdish “culture.” This article seeks to outline some of the complexities and paradoxes of this ongoing process...
Main Author: | Marlene Schäfers |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient
2015-03-01
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Series: | European Journal of Turkish Studies |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5200 |
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