Kurdish national identity in the films of Yilmaz Guney and Bahmani Ghobadi
Author
Source
Journal of University of Human Development
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 3 (31 Aug. 2021), pp.69-73, 5 p.
Publisher
University of Human Development
Publication Date
2021-08-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Semitic and Oriental Languages
Topics
Abstract EN
This essay explores the conceptualization of Kurdish identity in the works of Kurdish film makers, namely Bahmani Ghobadi and Yikmaz Guney, whose films established a unified Kurdish National Cinema beyond the borders and statelessness in a transnational space.
This essay delineates the ways Kurdishness is expressed in the cinematic techniques of the two Kurdish film makers who used similar subtle techniques to incorporate their Kurdish identity into the films they made.
The Kurds, as one of the largest stateless ethnic group in the Middle East have suffered violent oppression, state perpetuated discrimination, and exclusion.
This essay draws on Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism, and Philip Rosen’s essay in Theorizing National Cinema to explore how Yalmiz Guney and Bahmani Ghobadi presented the national identity of the characters to mark the films with a sense of Kurdishness.
This essay further explores the construction of national identity and personhood specifically in Guney’s Yol and Ghobadi’s Turtles Can Fly to show how stateless people can easily become a subject of dehumanization by different nation states.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Karim, Lanja Najm al-Din. 2021. Kurdish national identity in the films of Yilmaz Guney and Bahmani Ghobadi. Journal of University of Human Development،Vol. 7, no. 3, pp.69-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1446200
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karim, Lanja Najm al-Din. Kurdish national identity in the films of Yilmaz Guney and Bahmani Ghobadi. Journal of University of Human Development Vol. 7, no. 3 (Aug. 2021), pp.69-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1446200
American Medical Association (AMA)
Karim, Lanja Najm al-Din. Kurdish national identity in the films of Yilmaz Guney and Bahmani Ghobadi. Journal of University of Human Development. 2021. Vol. 7, no. 3, pp.69-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1446200
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 73
Record ID
BIM-1446200