Kurds in Europe. Ethnicity and diaspora
Ammann represents forms of identity of migrated Kurds. She discusses ethnicity and diaspora theories and describes and analyzes Kurdish life in Germany and other European countries: processes of ethnization (often triggered by massive exclusion and repression), family (ethnic endogamy) and religious loyalties, language, political views, and future perspectives. The survey is based on a strategic sample, standardized interviews over a period of ten years. Between 1986 and 1990 Ammann has interviewed 27 men and women, and a second session of interviews with the same individuals took place between 1997 and 1999. Questions were identical except for a stronger stress on the use of Kurdish media. Using a qualitative approach Ammann portrays different kinds of identity: those which are context- and time-independent, and others being dependent on factors of context etc. The study thus shows the numerous facets of Kurdish life and identity. There is a comprehensive ´Kurdish´ diaspora identity which transcends separate groups, but it is still fragile.
Keywords: Kurdish identity, identity of diaspora Kurds, diaspora Kurds, religion and Kurds, politics and Kurds, family and Kurds
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