"CULTURALISM" AND SOCIAL MOBILITY OR AN ALEVI VILLAGE IN GERMANY: INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. EDITOR'S PREFACE: BEING AN ALEVI, LIVING ALEVINESS, LEARNING ALEVISM 7
4. List of Contributors 10
5. "CULTURALISM" AND SOCIAL MOBILITY OR AN ALEVI VILLAGE IN GERMANY: INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS 11
6. BLOOD, GELIN AND LOVE: CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF ALLIANCE IN AN ALEVI GROUP 31
7. ALAWISM AND CONCEALMENT: THE UNCLEHOOD TRADITION IN THE NUSAYRIYE 45
8. ALEVI THEOLOGY FROM SHAMANISM TO HUMANISM 65
9. FESTIVALS AND THE FORMATION OF ALEVI IDENTITY 91
10. ALEVISM IN THE 1960S: SOCIAL CHANGE AND MOBILISATION 109
11. THE ALEVIS IN GERMANY AFTER SEPTEMBER 11^th - CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE? 137
12. GYPSIES AND ALEVIS; THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ABDALLAR IDENTITY? 155