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Book SynopsisTrade Review"King...began her ethnographic research...under difficult and often dangerous conditions resulting from the brutal, even genocidal, war undertaken by Saddam Hussein to suppress a Kurdish nationalist movement. Her book focuses on kinship organization and household management, with primary emphasis on how patrilineal or male descent works to maintain Kurdish identity and social cohesion. Recommended." * Choice *
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Kurdistan on the Global Stage is an important contribution to ethnographic studies of Iraqi Kurdistan and cannot be missed by anthropologists and others with an interest in the global connections of Kurdistand and the larger Middle East." * American Anthropologist *
"King analyses how Kurdish symbols and social relations are sustained, reformulated, and questioned in the age of globalization. King's book is a valuable addition to the anthropology of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. Its attention to diachronic changes in Kurdish society makes it particularly useful."
* Middle East Journal *
"This is a very readable, insightful anthropological study that will be welcomed by all those interested in the Kurds and how Kurdish political actors affect regional and even international politics. I highly recommend King's worthy contribution to the literature and encourage her to continue her valuable work." * Kurdish Studies *
"Anthropologist Diane King guides the reader through Kurdistan using a radically different lens in an effort to understand social and political change in an unrecognized state. [This] study offers valuable insights into Iraqi Kurdistan's past and present." * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *
"A rare account by an anthropologist of uncommon courage, this unique analysis of the rapid transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan is a must-read for students and scholars of the Middle East."
-- Marcia C. Inhorn * Yale University *
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Proper Nouns
1. Kurdistan Glocal
2. Fieldwork in a Danger Zone
3. A Man on the Land: Lineages, Identity, and Place
4. Gendered Challenges: Women Navigating Patriliny
5. Politicking
6. Refuge Seeking, Patriliny, and the Global
7. Kurdistan in the World
Notes
Glossary and Acronyms
References
Index
