The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam - Kamran Scot Aghaie - Libros - University of Texas Press - 9780292709591 - 1 de diciembre de 2005
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The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam

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Twelve ethnographic essays that explore women's roles in the rituals that commemorate the Battle of Karbala, the central religious observance of Shi'i Islam.


Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-286) and index.; Bibl ref & index; Avail. in cloth. Table of Contents: A Note on Transliteration Acknowledgments Introduction. Gendered Aspects of the Emergence and Historical Development of Shi'i Symbols and Rituals Kamran Scot Aghaie Part 1: Iran Chapter 1. Ta'ziyeh: A Twist of History in Everyday Life Negar Mottahedeh Chapter 2. The Gender Dynamics of Moharram Rituals in the Latter Years of Qajar Rule Kamran Scot Aghaie Chapter 3. "Oh, My Heart Is Sad. It Is Moharram, the Month of Zaynab": The Role of Aesthetics and Women's Mourning Ceremonies in Shiraz Ingvild Flaskerud Chapter 4. The Daughters of Karbala: Images of Women in Popular Shi'i Culture in Iran Faegheh Shirazi Chapter 5. Iconography of the Women of Karbala: Tiles, Murals, Stamps, and Posters Peter J. Chelkowski Part 2: The Arab World, South Asia, and the United States of America Chapter 6. Sakineh, The Narrator of Karbala: An Ethnographic Description of a Women's Majles Ritual in Pakistan Shemeem Burney Abbas Chapter 7. Sayyedeh Zaynab: The Conqueror of Damascus and Beyond Syed Akbar Hyder Chapter 8. Gender and Moharram Rituals in an Isma'ili Sect of South Asian Muslims Rehana Ghadially Chapter 9. Women of Karbala Moving to America: Shi'i Rituals in Iran, Pakistan, and California Mary Elaine Hegland Chapter 10. Women's Religious Rituals in Iraq Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and Basima Q. Bezirgan Chapter 11. From Mourning to Activism: Sayyedeh Zaynab, Lebanese Shi'i Women, and the Transformation of Ashura Lara Z. Deeb Bibliography Index Review Citations:

Choice 11/01/2006 pg. 499 (EAN 9780292709591, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Aghaie, Kamran Scot KAMRAN SCOT AGHAIE is Assistant Professor of Islamic and Iranian History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 1 de diciembre de 2005
ISBN13 9780292709591
Editores University of Texas Press
Género Religious Orientation > Islamic - Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's Studies
Páginas 309
Dimensiones 228 × 153 × 24 mm   ·   576 g
Lengua Inglés  
Editor Aghaie, Kamran Scot

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