Kurdish Studies, Volume 8 No 1, May 2020

· Transnational Press London
Ebook
232
Pages

About this ebook

Special Issue: Alevi Kurds: History, Politics and Identity

Guest edited by Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins, and Suavi Aydın

EDITORIAL: Alevi Kurds: History, Politics and Identity

Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins, and Suavi Aydın

Politics and Identity in Alevi Kurds: An Interview with Martin van Bruinessen

Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins, and Suavi Aydın

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7

A Survey of the Roots and History of Kurdish Alevism: What are the Divergences and Convergences between Kurdish Alevi Groups in Turkey?

Suavi Aydın

17

Reflections on the 19th Century Missionary Reports as Sources for the History of the (Kurdish) Kizilbash

Ayfer Karakaya-Stump

43

Political Representation of Alevi Kurds in Turkey: Historical Trends and Main Transformations

Cengiz Gunes

71

The Struggle to Make Diaspora Alevis Companion with Working Class: Alevism in Kavga / Kervan Magazine

Tuncay Bilecen

91

Diasporic Homeland, Rise of Identity and New Traditionalism: The Case of the British Alevi Festival

Cemal Salman

113

Language Attitudes and Religion: Kurdish Alevis in the UK

Birgul Yilmaz

133

“Aspirational Capital” and Transformations in First-Generation Alevi-Kurdish Parents’ Involvement with Their Children’s Education in the UK

Celia Jenkins

163

Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-Generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London

Umit Cetin

185

Book Reviews

209

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