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Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory

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Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory

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Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500

Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory

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Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory book

Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500
ByAmila Buturovic
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 1 March 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315570921
Pages 256
eBook ISBN 9781315570921
Subjects Humanities, Social Sciences
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Buturovic, A. (2016). Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315570921

ABSTRACT

Despite the recent history of violence and destruction, Bosnia-Herzegovina holds a positive place in history, marked by a continuous interweaving of different religious cultures. The most expansive period in that regard is the Ottoman rule that lasted here nearly five centuries. As many Bosnians accepted Islam, the process of Islamization took on different directions and meanings, only some of which are recorded in the official documents. This book underscores the importance of material culture, specifically gravestones, funerary inscriptions and images, in tracing and understanding more subtle changes in Bosnia’s religious landscape and the complex cultural shifts and exchange between Christianity and Islam in this area. Gravestones are seen as cultural spaces that inscribe memory, history, and heritage in addition to being texts that display, in image and word, first-hand information about the deceased. In tackling these topics and ideas, the study is situated within several contextual, theoretical, and methodological frameworks. Raising questions about religious identity, history, and memory, the study unpacks the cultural and historical value of gravestones and other funerary markers and bolsters their importance in understanding the region’s complexity and improving its visibility in global discussions around multiculturalism and religious pluralism. Drawing upon several disciplinary methods, the book has much to offer anyone looking for a better understanding of the intersection of Christianity and Islam, as well as those with an interest in death studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|46 pages

ConstructingAuthenticity,EnsuringContinuity: Death,DyingandCommemorationinBosnianIslam

chapter 2|50 pages

RememberingtheDeadandMarkingtheDeathscape

chapter 3|56 pages

ConvertingtheStone:TextandImagesin EarlyOttomanBosnia

chapter 4|38 pages

IslamisingMemory,FramingtheCommunity:FuneraryText intheReligiousImagination

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