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The Identity of the Caucasian Yezidi in the Wake of the Sinjar Tragedy
[journal article]
Abstract This article compares the social and identity development of the Yezidi communities in the southern Caucasus
and in Iraq. It argues that since the 1990s, a Yezidi national identity that, first, borrows a number of
elements from Armenia’s national-commemorative narrative and that, second, could tak... view more
This article compares the social and identity development of the Yezidi communities in the southern Caucasus
and in Iraq. It argues that since the 1990s, a Yezidi national identity that, first, borrows a number of
elements from Armenia’s national-commemorative narrative and that, second, could take advantage of the
relative opening of borders and of modern information and communication technologies has developed
among the Caucasian Yezidi. With the old Yezidi core areas in northern Iraq under existential threat by
armed conflict and displacement, this identity could become the new framework in which a modern Yezidi
identity will be able to sustain itself.... view less
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Caucasus; Sinjar; Yezidi
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 8-12
Journal
Caucasus Analytical Digest (2016) 81
ISSN
1867-9323
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0