This volume examines the aesthetic and performative dimensions of Alevi cultural heritage from
past to present in an interdisciplinary framework and using a wide range of approaches. The
chapters analyse traditional contemporary and transnational developments of Alevi cultural
expression including modern adaptations local and regional practices Alevism in a wider
context textual sources and materiality. The perspectives of the various authors including
Robert Langer Nicolas Elias Sinibaldo De Rosa Jérôme Cler Judith Haug Janina Karolewski
and others each coming from different disciplines demonstrate the complexity of
socio-historical and socio-cultural dynamics. To conclude the present volume is intended as a
first approach to a complex issue which definitely deserves further research and analysis.
