Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Tables, Figures and Maps vii
4. Notes on Contributors ix
5. Preface xiv
6. INTRODUCTION
7. 1 ALEVI AGENCY IN CHANGING POLITICAL CONTEXTS 3
8. Part I. THE TURKISH STATE AND ALEVIS: CONTENTIONS OVER RECOGNITION
9. 2 WHAT IS ALEVISM? CONTEMPORARY DEBATES VIS-À-VIS HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMATIC CONSIDERATIONS 17
10. 3 THE ‘ALEVI OPENING’ OF THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY 45
11. 4 ‘MADIMAK SHALL BE TURNED INTO A MUSEUM’: NEGOTIATING THE SIVAS MASSACRE THROUGH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 62
12. 5 DERSIM: THE PARADOX OF DISCLOSING ‘AN OPEN SECRET’ 78
13. 6 ALEVISM AS A ‘MAJORITY’: ALEVI AND SUNNI COMMUNITIES IN DERSIM 101
14. Part II. ALEVIS IN THE DIASPORA: PROSPECTS FOR RECOGNITION
15. 7 FROM CULTURE TO RELIGION: REFRAMING ALEVISM FOR RECOGNITION IN GERMANY 129
16. 8 THE ALEVI MOVEMENT IN GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA: TOWARDS A TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENT 147
17. 9 THE ALEVI DIASPORA IN FRANCE: CHANGING RELATIONS WITH THE HOME AND HOST STATES 166
18. 10 FROM PARTICULARISTIC ORGANISATION TO FEDERATION: MOBILISATION FOR ALEVI IDENTITY IN BRITAIN 191
19. Part III. BEYOND RECOGNITION: CHANGES IN ALEVI RITUALS, REPRESENTATION AND AUTHORITY
20. 11 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SACRED AUTHORITY OF THE ÇELEBIS: THE ULUSOY FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY TURKEY 217
21. 12 RITUAL, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND IDENTITY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ALEVI ZAKIR 239
22. 13 THE SOCIO-SPATIAL MEANING OF CEMEVIS IN ISTANBUL’S PUBLIC SPACE 252
23. 14 THE MEDIATISED REPRODUCTION OF ALEVISM: ALEVI TELEVISION NETWORKS AND THEIR AUDIENCES 272
24. EPILOGUE
25. 15 BACK TO ANATOLIA: REFLECTIONS ON TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ALEVI RESEARCH 293
26. 16 CONCLUDING REMARKS: ALEVI AGENCY AND VISIBILITY 312
27. INDEX 322