The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan

Christine Allison (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7007-1397-4 (ISBN)

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The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, neither Muslim, Christian nor Jewish. At a time when studies of Kurdish nation-building are developing, this book is the first to consider Kurdish oral traditions within their social context and explain their relevance for a large Kurdish community.

The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, neither Muslim, Christian nor Jewish. Their ethnicity has been disputed, but most now claim Kurdish identity. Their heartland, including their holiest shrine, is in the Badinan province of Northern Iraq, and it is the communities in this area which are the main focus of this book. Their highly eclectic religion appears to contain many elements of 'the religions of the book', especially Sufism, upon a foundation of ancient Iranian belief and practice.

Christine Allison

Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Map 1: Areas inhabited by Kurds, Map 2: Yezidi COn111lUnities in Northern Iraq: Badinan and Sinjar, Part I, Part II: Kurdish Texts and Translations, Notes to Chapters 1-6, Appendix: Inforl1zants and Performers, Bibliography, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.9.2001
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	780 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-7007-1397-2 / 0700713972
ISBN-13	978-0-7007-1397-4 / 9780700713974
Zustand	Neuware