Reclaiming the Faravahar : Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Theran / / Navid Fozi.

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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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] : : Leiden University Press,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Iran studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.) -- Boston University, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1. Background, Questions, and Theory""; ""Chapter 2. The Preterrain of Fieldwork in Iran""; ""Chapter 3. The Ritual Construction of an Alternative Religious Space""; ""Chapter 4. Claiming Authenticity in Shi'i-Dominated Iranian Culture""; ""Chapter 5. The Performance of Difference and Similarity""; ""Chapter 6. Religious Rationalization and Revivalism""; ""Chapter 7. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""