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Power, Sect and State in Syria - The Politics of Marriage and Identity amongst the Druze (Hardcover)
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Power, Sect and State in Syria - The Politics of Marriage and Identity amongst the Druze (Hardcover)
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The Syrian state's rhetoric of Arab nationalism left little room
for the official recognition of minority identities in pre-war
Syria. Yet in practice, the state continually engaged with the
Druze and other minorities to reinforce its legitimacy, often
through cultural policy. Uncovering this neglected aspect of
pre-war Syrian politics, Kastrinou explores the cultural politics
of marriage in Syria, primarily among the Druze, to reveal how
practical rituals of marriage inform sectarian and national
identity formation.Challenging the assumed inherence of
sectarianism and Druze endogamy, the book provides an historical
and ethnographic account of political power and its relation to
social control in Syria. It demonstrates the centrality of the body
to Druze cosmology and how ritual performances of birth, marriage
and death maintain and negotiate sectarian cohesion. Connecting
these struggles to national and international politics, Kastrinou
examines how both the Syrian government and the European Union have
sponsored marriage-themed dance performances in Syria, each
leveraging its cultural importance to legitimise their own policy
goals. The book establishes marriage as a pervasive idiom for the
construction of collective identity in Syria, which is appropriated
by individuals, sects, states and intergovernmental organizations
alike. Its conclusions are relevant to scholars of Middle East
studies, sectarianism, anthropology and politics.
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