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The Intersectional Dynamics of Political Violence and Gender in the Kurdish Conflict
Author(s) -
Orhan Mehmet
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/sena.12308
Subject(s) - dynamics (music) , politics , patriarchy , sociology , social dynamics , gender studies , ethnic group , identity (music) , intersectionality , class (philosophy) , criminology , political science , social science , epistemology , anthropology , law , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , acoustics
What is the relationship between social, historical, and political dynamics and gender in the use of violence? This research uses the Kurdish conflict to examine this question. On the basis of empirical examples about Kurdish women, it focuses on ethnic identity, patriarchy, social class, generation, and politicization within their historical and spatial variations. It argues that gender dynamics do not operate alone but intersect in many ways with these dynamics to influence political violence. It concludes that the way these dynamics engage with each other depends on the subjectivation process taking place within a historically contingent horizon.