Articulation of Kurdish Identity

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Éditeur : Compte d'auteur	Date & Lieu : 2010, Ankara
Préface :	Pages : 205
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Langue : Anglais	Format : 210x297 mm
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ARTICULATION OF KURDISH IDENTITY THROUGH POLITICIZED MUSIC OF KOMS The thesis analyzes the role of politicized music of Kurdish music groups (koms) that emerged in the 1990s in the construction of Kurdish identity. The relation between politics and music is analyzed in the framework of the relation between nationalism and music and political movements' relation to music. Through koms' politicized music, the movement communicated its cause, told the struggle of the movement and aimed to mobilize the masses. In addition to this, music has functioned as a field where the collective identity of the movement as well as the Kurdish identity is constructed. As the Kurdish movement did not possess the institutional and ideological apparatuses of the national state in its national identity construction process, music started to play an important role. Through modernization of Kurdish folk music, the identity is constructed as a modern and authentic one. In addition, with the political lyrics of the songs, the national elements such as common language, common history and the imagined territory are constructed, popularized, and canonized. Despite their counter-hegemonic position, koms have articulated elements of the hegemonic discourses as well...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PLAGIARISM / iii
ABSTRACT / iv
ÖZ / v
DEDICATION / vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS / ix

INTRODUCTION / 1
1. MUSIC AND POLITICS: NATIONAL IDENTITY AND OPPOSITION / 10
1.1. Invention of the Nation and “National Music” / 12
1.2. Music Reform and the Invention of Modern Turkish Music / 15
1.2.1. Standardization of Folk Music and Nationalization / 18
1.3. Music and Political Movements / 26
1.3.1. Political Music Tradition in Turkey Before 1980 / 30
1.3.2. Political Music Tradition in Turkey After 1980 / 35
1.3.3. Politicization of Kurdish Music / 38

2. POLITICIZED KURDISH MUSIC AS A PART OF KURDISH MOVEMENT / 47
2.1. Kurdish Question and the Rise of Kurdish Nationalism / 50
2.1.1. Kurdish Movement After 1980s and the Emergence of PKK / 55
2.1.2. PKK's Discourse and Articulation of Kurdish Identity / 59
2.2. Politicization of Kurdish Arts and Culture in 1990s / 64
2.2.1. The Role Ascribed to Music and Arts by the Kurdish Movement / 64
2.2.2. Cultural Institutionalization and MKM / 68
2.3. The Politicized Kurdish Music Groups in 1990s; Koms / 76
2.3.1. Politicized Music's Function and Role of Musicians for the Kom Musicians / 81
2.3.2. Political Lyrics in the Songs of Koms / 84
2.3.3. Shift in the politicized music by 2000s / 89
2.4. Kurdish Music Market and Koms’ Listeners / 93
2.4.1. Koms' Relations with the Music Market / 93
2.4.2. Koms and the Listeners / 98

3. ARTICULATION OF KURDISH IDENTITY BY KOMS / 105
3.1. Kurdishness and 'Kurdish' Music for Kom Musicians / 109
3.2.'Authenticity' / 'Modernity' in Articulation of Kurdish Identity / 113
3.2.1. Kurdish Folk Music in the Construction of Identity / 113
3.2.2. 'Modern' Kurdish Music by Koms / 125
3.2.3. Degenerated Music as the Other of Modern and Authentic / 133
3.3. Articulation of National Identity: Common Language, History and Homeland / 138
3.3.1. Common Language / 139
3.3.2. Common History /143
3.3.3. Homeland / 149
3.4. Articulation of Cultural Difference or Diversity? / 154
3.5. Women in Koms and Articulation of Gender Identity Through Kurdish Music / 160

CONCLUSION / 170

BIBLIOGRAPHY / 180

APPENDICES / 187
APPENDIX A: List of interviewees / 187
APPENDIX B: Questions / 189
APPENDIX C: List Of Koms and Albums / 195