Lexington Books
Pages: 316
Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-4985-9125-6 • Hardback • May 2024 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
978-1-4985-9126-3 • eBook • April 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Dilsa Deniz is Kurdish socio-cultural anthropologist with a specialization in Kurdish Alevism and Dersim, a pivotal center for Kurdish Alevism, Kurdish culture, indigeneity, and decolonization.
Introduction
Shâmaran: The Myth and The Image
Chapter I. Decolonization of Shâmaran
Chapter II: Myths, History, Religion and Kurdish Context
Chapter III :The Shâ: Mother Earth Goddess of Kurdistan
Chapter IV: Deconstruction and Reconstruction: The Body and Content of Mother Earth Goddess of Kurdistan
Chapter V: Shâmaran, Rêya Heqi /Kurdish Alevism, and Patriarchal Colonization
Chapter VI: The Construction of Shaytan/Satan as an Ideological Instrument
Conclusion