Yezidis in Syria
Identity Building among a Double Minority
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Minority Studies, Political Science, International
| Author: | Sebastian Maisel | ISBN: | 9780739177754 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | December 24, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sebastian Maisel |
| ISBN: | 9780739177754 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | December 24, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority traces the development of Yezidi identity on the margins of Syria’s minority context. This little known group is connected to the community’s main living area in northern Iraq, but evolved as a separate identity group in the context of Syria’s colonial, national, and revolutionary history. Always on the bottom of the socio-economic hierarchy, the two sub-groups located in the Kurdagh and the Jezira experience a period of sociological and theological renewal in their quest for a recognized and protected status in the new Syria. In this book, Sebastian Maisel transmits and analyzes the Yezidi perspective on Syria’s policies towards ethnic and religious minorities.
Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority traces the development of Yezidi identity on the margins of Syria’s minority context. This little known group is connected to the community’s main living area in northern Iraq, but evolved as a separate identity group in the context of Syria’s colonial, national, and revolutionary history. Always on the bottom of the socio-economic hierarchy, the two sub-groups located in the Kurdagh and the Jezira experience a period of sociological and theological renewal in their quest for a recognized and protected status in the new Syria. In this book, Sebastian Maisel transmits and analyzes the Yezidi perspective on Syria’s policies towards ethnic and religious minorities.
