TY - BOOK AU - Mahmod,Jowan TI - Kurdish diaspora online: from imagined community to managing communities T2 - Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication SN - 1137513462 AV - HV640.5.K87 M34 2016 PY - 2016///] CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Refugees, Kurdish KW - Ethnic identity KW - Digital media N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index; Introduction -- 1. Multiculturalism debates, policies, and concepts -- 2. Nations, diaspora, identity and alternative explorations -- 3. State struggles in the Middle East and the Kurdish diaspora -- 4. "Is it ok?" -- Challenging gender roles -- 5. "Am I a real Kurd?" -- Deconstructing Kurdish identity -- 6. "My Kurdistan chapter": Returning home -- 7. Towards a weakened imagined community ER -