The Everyday Violence of Forced Displacement: Memory, Community, and Identity Politics among Internally Displaced Kurds in Turkey explores the experiences of individuals and families in an urban context marked by political and structural violence, offering insight into the formation of an oppositional consciousness and the mobilization of social capital in times of illness and social conflict.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 16 October 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The Everyday Violence of Forced Displacement: Memory, Community, and Identity Politics among Internally Displaced Kurds in Turkey is a groundbreaking ethnographic study that explores the experiences of individuals and families who have been forced to leave their homes due to political and structural violence. Miriam Geerse's research focuses on the resilience and adaptation of these forced migrants in an urban context marked by political and structural violence. Geerse argues that forces beyond war and forced displacement have instilled in many forced migrants a pressing need and desire to keep hammering home the price and pain of displacement. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the mobilization of social capital in times of illness and social conflict, offering insight into how a dispersed community of people who share the same stories function in an inhospitable urban environment. Geerse's analysis of the interconnections between experiences before, during, and after forced displacement provides valuable insight to activists, academics, and all those who argue for a more balanced view of the recent history of Turkey.

The Everyday Violence of Forced Displacement: Memory, Community, and Identity Politics among Internally Displaced Kurds in Turkey

The Everyday Violence of Forced Displacement: Memory, Community, and Identity Politics among Internally Displaced Kurds in Turkey is a groundbreaking ethnographic study that explores the experiences of individuals and families who have been forced to leave their homes due to political and structural violence. Miriam Geerse's research focuses on the resilience and adaptation of these forced migrants in an urban context marked by political and structural violence. Geerse argues that forces beyond war and forced displacement have instilled in many forced migrants a pressing need and desire to keep hammering home the price and pain of displacement. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the mobilization of social capital in times of illness and social conflict, offering insight into how a dispersed community of people who share the same stories function in an inhospitable urban environment. Geerse's analysis of the interconnections between experiences before, during, and after forced displacement provides valuable insight to activists, academics, and all those who argue for a more balanced view of the recent history of Turkey.

Weight: 726g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666902594