Karel Černý
Iráčtí jezídé
Číslo: 1/2019
Periodikum: Historická sociologie
DOI: 10.14712/23363525.2019.4
Klíčová slova: Iraq; Yazidis; gender roles; armed conflict; forced displacement; Islamic State
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Anotace:
The case study of Iraqi Yazidis and their changing gender roles and gender relations as
a consequence of armed conflict and forced displacement is based on a field research conducted
on the territory of northern Iraq in the Spring 2016. It identifies a complex crisis of Yazidi masculinity as a direct consequence of the armed conflict and forced displacement by the so called
Islamic State in the Summer 2014 since Yazidi men have not beet able to fully fulfil their traditional roles and expectations: physically protect their families, women and communities; provide
for their livelihood; protect tribal code of honour. Also the tribal and patriarchal authorities are in
crisis and alienated from their communities as a direct consequence of the armed conflict, forced
displacement and feeling of betrayal on part of the Yazidi population. The forced emancipation
of Yazidi women is a direct consequence of the crisis of Yazidi men and an indirect consequence
of the armed conflict and forced displacement and as such cannot be understood in isolation
from the crisis of the traditional Yazidi manhood. The Yazidi women at least partly fulfil some of
the traditional mens’ roles like providing livelihood for their families or even participating in the
armed struggle against the Islamic State. Redefinition of domestic violence, divorce, and status of
women liberated from the sexual slavery is also under way. However, the new dialectics between
the crisis of the traditional masculinity and the emancipation of Yazidi women set in motion as
a consequence of the armed conflict and forced displacement can become a self-sustaining mechanism even after the forces that have set it in motion disappear.
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a consequence of armed conflict and forced displacement is based on a field research conducted
on the territory of northern Iraq in the Spring 2016. It identifies a complex crisis of Yazidi masculinity as a direct consequence of the armed conflict and forced displacement by the so called
Islamic State in the Summer 2014 since Yazidi men have not beet able to fully fulfil their traditional roles and expectations: physically protect their families, women and communities; provide
for their livelihood; protect tribal code of honour. Also the tribal and patriarchal authorities are in
crisis and alienated from their communities as a direct consequence of the armed conflict, forced
displacement and feeling of betrayal on part of the Yazidi population. The forced emancipation
of Yazidi women is a direct consequence of the crisis of Yazidi men and an indirect consequence
of the armed conflict and forced displacement and as such cannot be understood in isolation
from the crisis of the traditional Yazidi manhood. The Yazidi women at least partly fulfil some of
the traditional mens’ roles like providing livelihood for their families or even participating in the
armed struggle against the Islamic State. Redefinition of domestic violence, divorce, and status of
women liberated from the sexual slavery is also under way. However, the new dialectics between
the crisis of the traditional masculinity and the emancipation of Yazidi women set in motion as
a consequence of the armed conflict and forced displacement can become a self-sustaining mechanism even after the forces that have set it in motion disappear.