Translating Islam into Georgian: The Question of Georgian Muslim Identity in Contemporary Adjara. Issue 2 (1st September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rivera, Ricardo
• Is Part Of: Anthropological journal of European cultures. Volume 28:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 72
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2019-09-01
• Subjects: Adjara -- Georgia -- language -- Muslim identity -- translation; Anthropology -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- Europe -- Periodicals; 306.094
• DOI: 10.3167/ajec.2019.280206
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-2931

Abstract

Abstract: This forum piece provides a brief discussion of the mediation of religious and ethnic identity through language in Adjara, an autonomous region of southwestern Georgia. The piece considers the emergence of a consolidated 'Georgian Muslim' identity in the post-Soviet period. It thus sheds light on how language acts as a site for the navigation of religious and historical difference in Adjara.