UID:
edocfu_9959648557702883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 188 pages).
ISBN:
9781786800374
,
1786800373
Series Statement:
State crime
Content:
An academic insider's account of the Islamist social movement Kurdish Hizbullah.
Note:
1 Historical Overview of Hizbullah -- Theory, data, and methodology -- The historical and sociological conditions of Hizbullah's emergence -- Imagining the ummah from the provinces: the establishment of Hizbullah -- Ten years of violence -- Hizbullah's 'transformation' from armed organisation to social movement -- 2 The 'Grounded' Dimensions of Hizbullah as Islamist Organisation and Social Movement -- Hizbullah, the individual, and daily life -- Social segregation, minimal homogeneities, and the language of violence -- Group belonging, religious ideology, and ethnic identity: different forms of identity within Hizbullah -- Theoretical abstractions and conclusions -- 3 The Construction of Social Memory in the Stories and Novels of Hizbullah -- Social memory, history, and discourse -- Uncle Bekir, Xalet, and others: the culture of devotion and the fedais of Islam -- 'Þehadet (martyrdom) is a call to the generations, to the ages': the cult of martyrdom in the discourse of Hizbullah -- Mürtet, taðut, and the Jew: the representation of Hizbullah's 'others' in stories and novels -- Hizbullah self-perception and self-representation in stories and novels -- Medrese-i Yusufiye: the representation of prison and prison identity.
Language:
English
URL:
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