Uncertain divides : religion, ethnicity, and politics in the Georgian borderlands

Authors	M. Pelkmans
Supervisors	A. Blok H.G.G.M. Driessen
Award date	25-06-2003
Number of pages	270
Organisations	Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: ASSR
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage Table of Contents Acknowledgments Summary INTRODUCTION The Religious Frontier ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN UPPER AJARIA On the Frontier CHAPTER ONE The Making and Transformation of the Frontier CHAPTER TWO Defending Muslim Identity against the Tides CHAPTER THREE On the role of Ancestors and Enemies in Religious Conversion CHAPTER FOUR Dynamics of Religious Change The Georgian-Turkish Border KINSHIP AND ETHNICITY IN A DIVIDED VILLAGE Divided Village CHAPTER FIVE Caught between States CHAPTER SIX Jason and the New Argonauts CHAPTER SEVEN Lost Relatives Borderlands of Modernity IMAGING AND EXPERIENCING 'THE TRANSITION' IN BATUMI In the Borderlands CHAPTER EIGHT Channeling Discontent CHAPTER NINE The Social Life of Empty Buildings CONCLUSIONS Borders in Time and Space Glossary Bibliography Summary in Dutch Cover
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