[ecrea] Newly published book entitled "Media, Diaspora and Conflict"

I want to bring to your attention my newly published book entitled
"Media, Diaspora and Conflict: Nationalism and Identity Amongst Turkish
and Kurdish Migrants in Europe", which may interest some of you or your
colleagues.

I have included below a brief description of the book, blurbs and
information from the publisher's website

Link to the book http://tinyurl.com/pps6efx

With kind regards
Janroj

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“This book makes an important contribution to diaspora media studies in
general but its originality and particular significance lies in its rich
empirical investigation of the intersections between Kurdish and Turkish
nationalism and transnationalism, and the role of the media in conflict.
Janroj Keles offers a study that is truly impressive in its scope and
understanding but it is also a sobering account of banal
transnationalism. He demonstrates how, paradoxically, transnational
media de-territorialise Turkish and Kurdish ethno-national conflict but
at the same time make that conflict an integral part of migrants'
everyday lives in Europe. A must-read for scholars and students
interested in the enduring significance and everyday mediation of
ethno-national identities”.

  Marie Gillespie, Professor of Sociology, The Open University


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“Sometimes when we witness a great idea at work, we wonder “why didn't
anyone think of this before?” I had this feeling reading Janroj Keles's
book. He has used great works on nationalism and media, from thinkers
like Benedict Anderson and Antonio Gramsci, to shed light on a phenomena
many people may have noticed but not thought deeply enough about: The
homeland nationalisms of diaspora communities. Whether speaking about
Jews and Palestinians or Armenians, Sikhs, Irish and others, it often
seems that communities far removed from their homelands harbor more
rigid identities and less compromising national ideologies than their
kin back home. In a clear yet theoretically informed analysis, Dr. Keles
uses the Turkish and Kurdish cases to illuminate the phenomenon and show
how transnational media plays a key role in this process. His study is
based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with migrants.

Readers interested in nationalism, media, migration and multiculturalism
will of course have an interest in this study. In an increasingly
globalized, interconnected world, however, this study should be of
interest to just about anyone. In today's world, even someone who has
never left their hometown likely has a neighbor, friend or colleague who
has left their homeland yet still cares about events there deeply. Dr.
Keles’ book offers a good deal of insight into how and why this happens.”
David Romano, Professor of Middle East Politics, Missouri State University
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Brief description of the book

For migrant communities residing outside of their home countries,
various transnational media have played a key role in maintaining,
reviving and transforming ethnic and religious identities. A vital
element is how media outlets report and represent ethno-national
conflict in the home country. Janroj Yilmaz Keles here examines how this
plays out among Kurdish and Turkish communities in Europe. He offers an
analysis of how Turkish and Kurdish migrants in Europe react to the
myriad mediated narratives. A vital element is how media outlets report
and represent the ethno-national conflict between the Turkish state and
the Kurdish PKK. Janroj Yilmaz Keles here offers an examination of how
Turkish and Kurdish migrants in Europe react to the myriad narratives
that arise. Taking as his starting point an analysis of the nature of
nationalisms in the modern age, Keles shows how language is often a
central element in the struggle for hegemony within a state. The media
has become a site for the clash of representations in both Turkish and
Kurdish languages, especially for those based in the diaspora in Europe.

These 'virtual communities', connected by television and the internet,
in turn influence and are influenced by the way the conflict between the
Turkish state and subaltern Kurds is played out, both in the media and
on the ground. By looking at first, second and third generations of
Turkish and Kurdish populations in Europe, Keles highlights the dynamics
of migration, settlement and integration that often depend on the
policies of each settlement country. Since these settlement states often
see the proliferation of such media as an impediment to integration,
Media, Diaspora and Conflict offers timely analysis concerning the
nature of diasporas and the construction of identity.

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Dr Janroj Yilmaz Keles
Research Fellow
Department of Leadership, Work and Organisations
Middlesex University
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT
Email: (J.Keles /at/ mdx.ac.uk)
Phone: 02084115756
Mobile:00447875149068

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