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Yezidis in Syria : identity building among a double minority / Sebastian Maisel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maisel, Sebastian, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yezidis--Syria.
- Yezidis.
- Religious minorities--Syria.
- Religious minorities.
- Syria.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book highlights the complicated diversity of Syria's ethnic and religious fragmentation on the basis of the identity building process among the Yezidis, the lowest in the country's socio-economic and political hierarchy.
- Contents:
- Minorities in Syria : competing hierarchies
- Demystifying the Yezidis : a word about the sources
- Religious beliefs and social organization
- Historical developments
- Yezidis in the new Syria
- Conclusion : future challenges.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Maisel, Sebastian, 1970- author. Yezidis in Syria
- ISBN:
- 9780739177747
- 0739177745
- OCLC:
- 958798144
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