عنوان

An Ethnography of a Communitys Re-appropriation of Yārsān in Cyberspace:

شماره

LA126149

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

An Ethnography of a Communitys Re-appropriation of Yārsān in Cyberspace:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

The Facebook Phenomenon

نام نخستين پديدآور

Seyedeh Behnaz Hosseini

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article presents a nuanced approach for qualitative research on the Internet, based on the synthesis of qualitative data-gathering methodologies both online and offline, and contributes to recent knowledge of changing practices within Yārsāni communities around the world. Yārsān is a religious belief of Indo-Iranian origin that traces back to Hooraman, a region in Iranian Kurdistan. Yārsān thought, which Islamic Shiite authorities treat as heretical, has extensively used processes of adaptation and strategies of survival throughout the course of its history. The research presented here makes a case for the significance of the Internet and, more specifically, social network sites in connecting Yārsānis in their homelands and in the diaspora. How does Facebook provide a new space for this minority group to disclose their beliefs to the world, thereby reassessing the clandestine nature of their religion, which is a tenet required by traditional belief and defined by their adage, "don't tell the secret"? This article presents a nuanced approach for qualitative research on the Internet, based on the synthesis of qualitative data-gathering methodologies both online and offline, and contributes to recent knowledge of changing practices within Yārsāni communities around the world. Yārsān is a religious belief of Indo-Iranian origin that traces back to Hooraman, a region in Iranian Kurdistan. Yārsān thought, which Islamic Shiite authorities treat as heretical, has extensively used processes of adaptation and strategies of survival throughout the course of its history. The research presented here makes a case for the significance of the Internet and, more specifically, social network sites in connecting Yārsānis in their homelands and in the diaspora. How does Facebook provide a new space for this minority group to disclose their beliefs to the world, thereby reassessing the clandestine nature of their religion, which is a tenet required by traditional belief and defined by their adage, "don't tell the secret"?

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

1-22

عنوان

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture

شماره جلد

6/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2165-9214

اصطلاح موضوعی

diaspora

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethnography

اصطلاح موضوعی

Facebook

اصطلاح موضوعی

Iranian Kurdistan

اصطلاح موضوعی

secrecy

اصطلاح موضوعی

Yārsāni

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Seyedeh Behnaz Hosseini

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/21659214-90000093

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y