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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
May 30, 2008
Pages
402
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2 mul
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226519289
ISBN-10
0226519287
Dimensions
1.50 by 9.75 by 12.25 in.
Weight
6.06 lbs.
Original list price
$49.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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Kurdistan was erased from world maps after World War I, when the victorious powers carved up the Middle East, leaving the Kurds without a homeland. Today the Kurds, who live on land that straddles the borders of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, are by far the largest ethnic group in the world without a state.
Renowned photographer Susan Meiselas entered northern Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War to record the effects of Saddam Husseinâs campaigns against Iraqâs Kurdish population. She joined Human Rights Watch in documenting the destruction of Kurdish villages (some of which Hussein had attacked with chemical weapons in 1988) and the uncovering of mass graves. Moved by her experiences there, Meiselas began work on a visual history of the Kurds. The result, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, gives form to the collective memory of the Kurds and creates from scattered fragments a vital national archive.
In addition to Meiselasâs own photographs, Kurdistan presents images and accounts by colonial administrators, anthropologists, missionaries, soldiers, journalists, and others who have traveled to Kurdistan over the last century, and, not to forget, by Kurds themselves. The bookâs pictures, personal memoirs, government reports, letters, advertisements, and mapsprovide multiple layers of representation, juxtaposing different orders of historiographical evidence and memories, thus allowing the reader to discover voices of the Kurds that contest Western notions of them. In its layering of narrativesâboth textual and photographicâKurdistan breaks new ground, expanding our understanding of how images can be used as a medium for historical and cultural representation.
Renowned photographer Susan Meiselas entered northern Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War to record the effects of Saddam Husseinâs campaigns against Iraqâs Kurdish population. She joined Human Rights Watch in documenting the destruction of Kurdish villages (some of which Hussein had attacked with chemical weapons in 1988) and the uncovering of mass graves. Moved by her experiences there, Meiselas began work on a visual history of the Kurds. The result, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, gives form to the collective memory of the Kurds and creates from scattered fragments a vital national archive.
In addition to Meiselasâs own photographs, Kurdistan presents images and accounts by colonial administrators, anthropologists, missionaries, soldiers, journalists, and others who have traveled to Kurdistan over the last century, and, not to forget, by Kurds themselves. The bookâs pictures, personal memoirs, government reports, letters, advertisements, and mapsprovide multiple layers of representation, juxtaposing different orders of historiographical evidence and memories, thus allowing the reader to discover voices of the Kurds that contest Western notions of them. In its layering of narrativesâboth textual and photographicâKurdistan breaks new ground, expanding our understanding of how images can be used as a medium for historical and cultural representation.
AÂ crucial repository of memory for the Kurdish community both in exile and at home, this new edition appears at a time when the worldâs attention has once again been drawn to the lands of this little-understood but historically consequential people.
Editions
Hardcover
With Susan Meiselas |
2 edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (May 30, 2008)
9780226519272 | details & prices | 429 pages | 10.00 × 12.50 × 1.75 in. | 6.98 lbs | List price $108.00
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Susan Meiselas |
2 mul edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (May 30, 2008)
9780226519289 | details & prices | 402 pages | 9.75 × 12.25 × 1.50 in. | 6.06 lbs | List price $49.00
About: Kurdistan was erased from world maps after World War I, when the victorious powers carved up the Middle East, leaving the Kurds without a homeland.
About: Kurdistan was erased from world maps after World War I, when the victorious powers carved up the Middle East, leaving the Kurds without a homeland.
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