Identity, Migration and Transnationalism
Expressive Cultural Practices of the Toronto Alevi Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3633971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ayhan Erol (0000-0002-4157-2932, Dokuz Eylül University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 833-849 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2012.668025 |
| OpenAlex | W2094098599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 21 |
Based on my observations and in-depth interviews over a ten-month period, this article explores the efforts of Toronto's Alevi community to maintain a separate identity in their adopted country, while attempting to integrate their families into Canadian society. Major issues in my study include the question of whether, and how, Alevis in Toronto maintain a sense of self-identity and a measure of communal cohesion. Special attention is given to music and dance practices. Such expressive cultural practices provide an analytical tool for understanding the relations between diaspora communities and their home countries. By investigating the Alevi movement in Turkey and Canada from a comparative perspective, my aim in this paper is to explore to what extent the Alevi musical revival in Turkey influences the music practices of Alevis in Toronto
Aesthetics · Cohesion (chemistry) · Community cohesion · Dance · Diaspora · Identity (music) · Media studies · Musical · Political science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Visual arts · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society
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Popular music and youth culture
The Bektashi order of dervishes
The Alevis in Turkey
Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East
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From Pilgrim to Tourist – or a Short History of Identity
Introduction
Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory
Questions of Cultural Identity
Re-Imagining Identity
Alevi politics in contemporary Turkey
The Turkish State and Alevis
Ethnicity, Identity and Music
Religion and Ethnicity
Speaking in One's Own Voice
Battling withMemleketin London
Islam and Transnationalism
Introduction
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |