The Wall: The Making and Unmaking of the Turkish-Syrian Border

The Wall: The Making and Unmaking of the Turkish-Syrian Border
ISBN-10
3030456544
ISBN-13
9783030456542
Series
The Wall
Category
Social Science
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2020-05-21
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Ramazan Aras

Description

Through an anthropological analysis, this book uncovers life stories and testimonies that relate the processes of separation as a result of the constructed political borders of nation states newly founded on the inherited territories of the Ottoman Empire. As it recounts ruptured social, cultural, political, religious, and economic structures and autochthonous bonds, this work not only critically analyzes the making of the Turkish-Syrian border through an exploration of statist discourse, state practices and the state’s diverse apparatuses, but further analyzes the “unmaking” border practices of local subjects in the light of local Kurdish people’s counter perceptions, discourses, family histories, narratives, and daily practices—each of which can be interpreted as a practice of local defiance, resilience, and adaptation in everyday life.

Other editions

  • The Wall
    • 2022-06-21
    • 248 pages
    • Ebook
    • New Directions Publishing
  • The Wall
    • 2021-05-04
    • - pages
    • Paperback
    • National Geographic Books
  • The Wall
    • 2020-08-13
    • 420 pages
    • Ebook
    • Harper Collins
  • The Wall
    • 2020-03-17
    • 272 pages
    • Paperback
    • W. W. Norton

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