Contested mourning: Central Asian funerary practices in local and global Islam

Autor:	Jeanine Elif Dağyeli
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	History media_common.quotation_subject Central asia Identity (social science) Islam Conspicuous consumption Morality Parallels Mutual influence Genealogy Earth-Surface Processes media_common Social status
Zdroj:	Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia. 2
ISSN:	2211-5730 2211-5722
DOI:	10.26581/acme.v2i2.94
Popis:	Death-related conceptualizations and practices display local notions of religion, gender, morality and identity. Perceptions of a mutual influence of the living and the dead are prevalent throughout Central Asia; the entanglement of both worlds puts the well-being of people into the hands of benevolent ancestors and vice versa. Funerary and commemoration rites maintain a complaisant relationship between the ancestors and their living progeny. Ancestors keep an important role in the social fabric of their family whose moral standing depends on honouring the deceased and paying them respect. In many funerary rituals, parallels of birth and death are invoked, attesting to conceptions of a circle of life and death. In Uzbekistan and neighbouring countries during the post-independence years, conspicuous consumption on ritual occasions and the large-scale performance of formerly small, family ceremonies have become powerful markers of social standing.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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