Abstract

In this study, I examine how femininity is constructed in the discourse of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), one of the representatives of Kurdish nationalism. Based on my analysis, I believe the KDPI’s discourse represents Kurdish nationalism in Iran well. Using purposive sampling, I apply feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) to examine KDPI’s texts on gender. The interdiscursivity analysis reveals that KDPI constructs femininity paradoxically by articulating modern and traditional gender discourses in two distinct periods. The first period is from the emergence of Komala J.K. to the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan (1942–1946), and the second period spans from 1946 to the present, following the Kurdistan Republic’s collapse. The study demonstrates how gendered social structures shape KDPI’s discourse and contributes to reproducing and transforming them.

摘要

在这项研究中，我研究了库尔德民族主义代表之一的伊朗库尔德民主党（KDPI）的话语中女性气质是如何构建的。根据我的分析，我认为KDPI的言论很好地代表了伊朗的库尔德民族主义。我通过有目的的抽样，应用女权主义批评话语分析 (FCDA) 来检查 KDPI 有关性别的文本。相互话语性分析表明，KDPI 通过阐明两个不同时期的现代和传统性别话语，矛盾地构建了女性气质。第一个时期是从科马拉·JK的出现到库尔德斯坦共和国成立（1942-1946年），第二个时期是从1946年至今库尔德斯坦共和国崩溃。