Tradition and transformation in Alevi collective identity in Australia

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Title: Tradition and transformation in Alevi collective identity in Australia
Author(s): Ballantyne, Glenda
Abstract: Glenda Ballantyne, in her chapter 'Tradition and transformation in Alevi collective identity in Australia', examines how minorities within immigrant communities reconstruct cultural traditions. In this case, according to Ballantyne, the Alevi community in Australia have been attempting a revival of their communal traditions, yet have been criticised for inventing traditions that were previously suppressed or absent within the community. With regard to the politics of recognition she argues that 'overreliance on the idea of the invention of tradition obscures important aspects of the revival.'
Publication type: Book chapter
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology
Source: Cultural difference and social solidarity: critical cases / Scott H. Boyd and Mary Ann Walter (eds.), Chapter 3, pp. 41-56
Publication year: 2012
Keyword(s): Alevi community; Australia; Collective identity; Communal traditions; Traditions
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781443839105, 1443839108
Publisher URL: http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Cultural-Difference-and-Social-Solidarity--Critical-Cases1-4438-3910-8.htm
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