Description
'One the foremost writers and participants in the Kurdish women's movement' - Harsha Walia
The Kurdish women's movement is at the heart of the most exciting revolutionary experiment in the world today: Rojava. Forged over decades of struggle, most recently in the fight against ISIS, Rojava embodies a radical commitment to ecology, democracy, and gender equality. But while striking images of Kurdish women in desert fatigues proliferate, a true understanding of the women's movement remains elusive. Taking apart the superficial and Orientalist frameworks that dominate, Dilar Dirik offers instead an empirically rich account of the women's movement in Kurdistan. Drawing on original research and ethnographic fieldwork, she surveys the movement's historical origins, ideological evolution, and political practice over the past forty years. Going beyond abstract ideas, Dirik locates the movement's culture and ideology in its concrete work for women's liberation and radical democracy. Taking the reader from the guerrilla camps in the mountains to radical women's academies and self-organized refugee camps, the book invites readers around the world to engage with the revolution in Kurdistan, both theoretically and practically, as a vital touchstone in the wider struggle for a militant anti-fascist, anti-capitalist feminist internationalism.Author: Dilar Dirik
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 07/20/2022
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780745341941
ISBN10: 0745341942
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Political Science | Political Freedom
About the Author
Dilar Dirik was born in Antakya and grew up in Germany. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford and holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. She has written on the Kurdish struggle for a range of publications including openDemocracy, the Boston Globe and ROAR Magazine. She tweets @Dlrdrk1.