Struggling for recognition : the Alevi Movement in Germany and in transnational space /
As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey, the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today, they constitute a significant segment of Germany's Turkis...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page-Struggling for recognition; Contents; Illustrations; Pronunciation of Special Turkish Letters; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ch 1-Identity and recognition; Ch 2-Going public; Ch 3-Organizing alevis; Ch 4-Crosscurrents of identification; Ch 5-The politics of memory; Ch 6-Ritual and community; Ch 7-Recognition and the politics of migration in Germany; Ch 8-Transnational connections and the claims of the nation; Conclusion; Appendix 1; References; Index.