Reclaiming the Faravahar
Fozi, Navid
Reclaiming the Faravahar Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran / Navid Fozi. - 1 online resource (242 p.)
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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.
9789087282936
doi.org/10.24415/9789087282141
Religion / Zoroastrianism
Religion
Electronic books.
Reclaiming the Faravahar Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran / Navid Fozi. - 1 online resource (242 p.)
Access copy available to the general public.
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.
9789087282936
doi.org/10.24415/9789087282141
Religion / Zoroastrianism
Religion
Electronic books.