This volume examines the aesthetic and performative dimensions of Alevi cultural heritage from past to present, in an interdisciplinary framework and using a wide range of approaches. The chapters analyse traditional, contemporary and transnational developments of Alevi cultural expression including modern adaptations, local and regional practices, Alevism in a wider context, textual sources and materiality. The perspectives of the various authors, including Robert Langer, Nicolas Elias, Sinibaldo De Rosa, Jérôme Cler, Judith Haug, Janina Karolewski and others, each coming from different disciplines, demonstrate the complexity of socio-historical and socio-cultural dynamics. To conclude, the present volume is intended as a first approach to a complex issue, which definitely deserves further research and analysis.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-3-95650-640-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-95650-641-3
Publisher
Ergon, Baden-Baden
Series
Istanbuler Texte und Studien (ITS)
Volume
43
Language
English
Pages
220
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Introduction No access Pages 7 - 8 Martin Greve, Ulaş Özdemir, Raoul Motika
The Aesthetics of Contemporary Alevi Religious Practice: A Bodily-and-Material Cultures’ Approach No access Pages 9 - 32 Robert Langer
The Drinking Dervishes. An Enquiry into Ritual Inebriation Among a Bektashi Congregation No access Pages 33 - 44 Nicolas Elias
Movement and Adaptation of the Alevi Semah for the Stage: from Kardeşlik Töreni-Samah to ‘biz’ No access Pages 45 - 62 Sinibaldo De Rosa
The Life of a Ritual Repertoire and its Aesthetic: Cem Ceremonies in Tekke Köyü, the Village of Abdal Musa No access Pages 63 - 102 Jérôme Cler
Miracles and Tears. Religious Music in Dersim/Tunceli No access Pages 103 - 132 Martin Greve
With or Without Bağlama? A Religious Aesthetic Debate on ‘Music’ Performance in Funerals No access Pages 133 - 156 Ulaş Özdemir
ʿAlī Ufuḳī’s Notation Collections as Sources for ʿĀşıḳ Culture and Literature No access Pages 157 - 174 Judith I. Haug
The Materiality of Alevi Written Heritage: Beautiful Objects, Valuable Manuscripts, and Ordinary Books No access Pages 175 - 212 Janina Karolewski
Contributors No access Pages 213 - 220
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