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Reclaiming the Faravahar Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran

Reclaiming the Faravahar is an ethnographic study of the contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. It examines many public discursive and ritual performances to show how they utilize national, religious, and ethnic categories to frame the Zoroastrian identity within the longstanding conflict between Iran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fozi, Navid
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Leiden University Press 2014
Series:Iranian Studies Series
Subjects:
Iranian Peoples
Shia Islam
Culture Of Iran
Zoroastrianism
Theology & Religion
Zoroaster
Mobad
Iran
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Collection: OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Reclaiming the Faravahar is an ethnographic study of the contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. It examines many public discursive and ritual performances to show how they utilize national, religious, and ethnic categories to frame the Zoroastrian identity within the longstanding conflict between Iranian Shi'a and Arab Sunnis, defining and defending Zoroastrians' identity and values in Shi'i dominated Iran.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
ISBN:9789087282141

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