Iterations of lament: Anachronism and affect in a Shi'i Islamic revival in Turkey

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-500

  Tambar, Kabir ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Alevi Islam; Historical consciousness; Ritual; Shi'i Islam; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959996151     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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