| Contemporary Zoroastrians: An Unstructured Nation Contributor(s): Writer, Rashna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819191426 ISBN-13: 9780819191427 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Zoroastrianism - Religion | Reference |
| Dewey: 295 |
| LCCN: 93010858 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The contemporary Zoroastrians are, arguably, the world's smallest religious-ethnic group. In this book, Writer examines the two major constituent groups, Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrians and analyzes the diversity as well as the unifying features specific among them. Writer enhances her theoretical framework with extensive interviews with the living community, conducted on three continents Asia, Europe, and North America. Contents: Historical Background. Zoroastrian Antecendents; Parsi Migration and Acclimation in India; The Zoroastrians of Iran. Disparate Cultures: Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrians; The Contemporary Political Mileux: Iran and India; Present Day Community Shibboleths and Legal Precedents. Intermarriage; Conversation; The Parsi Pancyayat Case Suite No. 689 of 1906 in the High Court of Bombay; Zoroastrians in the Old Countries The Parsis of India and Pakistan: An Introduction; The Parsis of India; The Parsis of Pakistan; Iranian Zoroastrian Refugees; Zoroastrians of the Diaspora. The Zoroastrians of North America: USA and Canada; The Zorastrians of Great Britain; Contemporary Zoroastrians: An Unstructured Nation? Maps throughout. |