{"product_id":"the-kurdish-womens-movement-9780745341941","title":"The Kurdish Womens Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA detailed ethnographic account of the revolutionary Kurdish women's movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dilar Dirik is one the foremost writers, scholars and participants in the Kurdish women's movement. Her revolutionary work against all forms of state and social oppression and exploitation is unsparing in its truth-telling and expansive in its political orientation - a true people's historian from below'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Harsha Walia, author of 'Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism' (Haymarket, 2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Compelling [...] As a social history from below, it goes beyond the hype and reveals the radical roots of this movement'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr Yara Hawari, writer, academic and political analyst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Read to 'feelthink' and to embrace the memories of the historical struggle of the Kurdish sisters against the fascist and capitalist patriarchy. From the mountains, academia and daily life in resistance, their legacy walks towards liberation, healing and dignity'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Lorena Kab'nal, Mayan Ancestral Healer, Territorial Community Feminist and Community Social Psychologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What should a women's revolution look like? With clarity, Dilar Dirik lays bare the thoughts and experiments of the inspiring Kurdish women who for decades having been setting example to anyone fighting for a more equal world. This is an important book for everyone interested in revolution, gender equality, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist struggle'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Alpa Shah, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics and award-winning author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures \u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and acronyms \u003cbr\u003e Locations in Kurdish \u003cbr\u003e Map \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Kurdistan women’s revolution – A social history from below\u003cbr\u003e PART I: HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mapping the Kurdistan of women \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Kurdistan Revolutionaries \u003cbr\u003e 3. Berxwedan jiyan e! – The Diyarbakır prison resistance \u003cbr\u003e 4. Vejîn! – The first bullet \u003cbr\u003e 5. Edî bes e! – The dirty war \u003cbr\u003e 6. Towards women’s autonomy \u003cbr\u003e 7. International conspiracy and internal crisis \u003cbr\u003e 8. The battle for the PKK’s soul \u003cbr\u003e 9. Enter Democratic Confederalism \u003cbr\u003e PART II: THEORY\u003cbr\u003e 10. ‘Struggling woman’: Ideology and identity \u003cbr\u003e 11. Building ‘democratic modernity’ \u003cbr\u003e 12. Jineolojî: ‘A science of woman and life’\u003cbr\u003e PART III: PRACTICE\u003cbr\u003e 13. Stateless society \u003cbr\u003e 14. Öcalan: Leader, prisoner, comrade \u003cbr\u003e 15. Revolutionizing love \u003cbr\u003e 16. Mothers \u003cbr\u003e 17. Self-defence \u003cbr\u003e 18. Martyrs \u003cbr\u003e 19. Prisoners \u003cbr\u003e 20. Education \u003cbr\u003e 21. Media \u003cbr\u003e 22. Ecology \u003cbr\u003e 23. Mexmûr: From displacement to self-determination \u003cbr\u003e 24. Bakur: Women against politicide \u003cbr\u003e 25. Başûr: ‘Freedom is more than the absence of dictatorship’\u003cbr\u003e 26. Rojava: A women’s revolution \u003cbr\u003e 27. Resistance or feminicide: Women against Daesh \u003cbr\u003e 28. Şengal: From feminicide to women’s autonomy \u003cbr\u003e 29. Kobanê did not fall \u003cbr\u003e 30. Life after Daesh: Women’s solidarity in Manbij \u003cbr\u003e 31. War and peace \u003cbr\u003e PART IV: EMPOWERMENT OR REVOLUTION?\u003cbr\u003e 32. Two rivers, two freedom agendas? \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404325626199,"sku":"9780745341941","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745341941.jpg?v=1730486103","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kurdish-womens-movement-9780745341941","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}