Armeńscy Jezydzi. Proces akulturacji a specyfika diaspory

• Authors: Pełczyński Grzegorz , Pomieciński Adam

Title variants

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Armenian Yezidis. The acculturation process and the specificity of the diaspora

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Yezidis is a religious group of Yezidi faith, sometimes identifying with Kurds or considering themselves a separate ethnic group. Parts of the Yezidi diaspora are scattered mainly in the countries of the Middle East. In Armenia, they are the largest minority in this country, with a population of around 30,000. The article presents the process of Yezidi acculturation in Armenia. The concept of acculturation of D. Sam and J. Berry, which takes into account the degree to which people want to preserve their identity and culture, and the degree to which they want to be in contact with people outside their own group and participate in everyday life within the framework of wider society, turned out to be helpful here. In the case of the Armenian Yezidis, the acculturation process is quite diverse, as it extends between integrating with the Armenian society and remaining on the margins of it.

Keywords

EN

Yezidis; Armenia; acculturation process; diaspora; ethno-religious minorities; process of social transformation

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 263-276

Dates

published

2021-12-31

Contributors

author

Pełczyński Grzegorz

• University of Wroclaw

author

Pomieciński Adam

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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ISSN

2081-1128