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Visibility Through Ritual focuses on the mourning rituals of the Shiite/Jafari community in Turkey which are held in the month of Muharram in general and on the day of Asura in particular. This work concentrates on the texts and narratives about Muharram and Asura and the public mourning rituals presented in the public sphere especially in the last two decades. Exploring the representation of the collective religious identity of the community and of their public piety via these rituals is the basic effort of this manuscript.

Produktbeschreibung
Visibility Through Ritual focuses on the mourning rituals of the Shiite/Jafari community in Turkey which are held in the month of Muharram in general and on the day of Asura in particular. This work concentrates on the texts and narratives about Muharram and Asura and the public mourning rituals presented in the public sphere especially in the last two decades. Exploring the representation of the collective religious identity of the community and of their public piety via these rituals is the basic effort of this manuscript.
Autorenporträt
Born in 1981 in Aksaray. After completing BA degree in Political Science and International Relations Department at Bogaziçi University she left for Iran, learned Persian and studied Political Science at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran. She completed her MA degree on Modern Turkish History at Ataturk Institute, Bogaziçi University in 2009