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Beyond Language: Kurdish Language Activism in the Face of Colonial Language Governmentality

Beyond Language: Kurdish Language Activism in the Face of Colonial Language Governmentality

Arpacık, Demet

Hardcover

Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [Csl], Book 125

LinguisticsGeneral SociologyTurkey & Ottoman Empire History

ISBN10: 3111139735
ISBN13: 9783111139739
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Nov 4 2024
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.49
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This ethnographic work examines both the colonial language governmentality imposed by the Turkish state and the Kurdish language activism as a response to this system. Through a genealogical study, it calls for a reconsideration of the linguistic condition in Turkey as being more than nationalist, highlighting its foundation in intertwined ideologies of racism, imperialism, and colonialism. It then provides an analysis of new possibilities and directions led by the actors of the Kurdish language movement, which seeks to enhance not only the linguistic but also the socio-political condition of the Kurdish people by taking a beyond language approach. The work advances our thinking about language oppression and minority language activism.

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