[Lgpolicy] Book - Kurdish Language Activism in the Face of Colonial Language Governmentality

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

Title: Beyond Language
Subtitle: Kurdish Language Activism in the Face of Colonial Language
Governmentality
Author: Demet Arpacık



Series Title: Contributions to the Sociology of Language (ed. by Ofelia
García & Francis M. Hult)
Published: November 2024
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Book URL: *https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111143873/html
<https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111143873/html>*

Hardcover: ISBN: 9783111139739, Pages: 342, Price: EURO 109,95, USD 120.99,
GBP 100.00
eBook: ISBN: 9783111143873, Pages: 342, Price: EURO 109,95, USD 120.99, GBP
100.00

Abstract: This ethnographic work examines both the colonial language
governmentality imposed by the Turkish state and the Kurdish language
activism as a response to this system. Through a genealogical study, it
calls for a reconsideration of the linguistic condition in Turkey as being
more than nationalist, highlighting its foundation in intertwined
ideologies of racism, imperialism, and colonialism. It then provides an
analysis of new possibilities and directions led by the actors of the
Kurdish language movement, which seeks to enhance not only the linguistic
but also the socio-political condition of the Kurdish people by taking a
"beyond language" approach. The work advances our thinking about language
oppression and minority language activism. (Winner of the Joshua A. Fishman
Award 2021)
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