Carved in stone, etched in memory : death, tombstones and commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c. 1500 / Amila Buturovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buturović, Amila, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Social life and customs.

Muslims.

Death--Social aspects--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Death.

Death--Religious aspects--Islam--History.

Sepulchral monuments--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Sepulchral monuments.

Memorials--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Memorials.

Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies.

Material culture--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Material culture.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam.

History.

Relations.

Christianity.

Death--Religious aspects--Islam.

Death--Social aspects.

Manners and customs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina--Religious life and customs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Islam--Relations--Christianity--History.

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.

Physical Description:

xi, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015.

Summary:

"Gravestones are seen as cultural spaces that inscribe memory, history, and heritage in addition to being texts that display first-hand information about the deceased. This book underscores the importance of material culture, specifically gravestones, funerary inscriptions and images, in tracing and understanding more subtle changes in Bosnia's religious landscape and the complex cultural shifts and exchange between Christianity and Islam in this area. Drawing upon several disciplinary methods, the book has much to offer anyone looking for a better understanding of the intersection of Christianity and Islam, as well as those with an interest in death studies"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Constructing authenticity, ensuring continuity : death, dying and commemoration in Bosnian Islam

Remembering the dead and marking the deathscape

Converting the stone : text and image in early Ottoman Bosnia

Islamizing memory, framing the community : funerary text in the religious imagination

Appendix: Stone speaker : a visual and reflective travelogue through the deathscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472432605

1472432606

OCLC:

910936268