Performance of Identity of Polish Tatars: From Religious Holidays to Everyday Rituals

ISBN-13: 9783631672808 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 290 str.

Barbara Pawlic-Miskiewicz

Opis

The work presents performances of identity of Polish Tatars who are followers of Islam. Based on research and observations, it provides reconstruction of patterns, or performative scripts, of certain holidays, rituals and rules of daily life. Their liturgical calendar interweaves with a natural cycle of rites of passage.

Spis treści

Performances of identity of Polish Tatars - Islam - Religious rules - Religious holidays - Rites of passage - Elements of daily life - Tatar universe - History of Tatars - Religious writings of Tatars - Tatar cuisine - Healing and magic

O autorze

Barbara Pawlic-Miskiewicz is a researcher in Cultural Studies, author and coordinator of cultural and publishing projects and editor in the publishing section of the Muslim Highest Board of the Muslim Religious Union in Poland. Her field of research includes the history and tradition of Polish Tatars, as well as protection of memory and Tatar cultural heritage. She set up the foundation Salam Polska.