Reclaiming the Faravahar

Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran

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Author(s)
Fozi, Navid
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
Number
101209
Language
English
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Abstract
Reclaiming the Faravahar is an ethnographic study of the contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. It examines many public discursive and ritual performances to show how they utilize national, religious, and ethnic categories to frame the Zoroastrian identity within the longstanding conflict between Iranian Shi'a and Arab Sunnis, defining and defending Zoroastrians' identity and values in Shi'i dominated Iran.
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http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30718
Keywords
Theology & Religion; Culture of Iran; Iran; Iranian peoples; Mobad; Shia Islam; Zoroaster; Zoroastrianism
DOI
doi.org/10.24415/9789087282141
ISBN
9789087282936
Publisher
Leiden University Press
Publisher website
https://www.lup.nl/
Publication date and place
Leiden, 2014-10-01
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Series
Iranian Studies Series,
Classification
Zoroastrianism
Public remark
Relevant Wikipedia pages: Culture of Iran - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Iran; Iran - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran; Iranian peoples - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_peoples; Mobad - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobad; Shia Islam - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam; Zoroaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster; Zoroastrianism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode