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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827343103321

Autore

Aghaie Kamran Scot

Titolo

The martyrs of Karbala : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / / Kamran Scot Aghaie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2004

ISBN

0-295-80078-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages) : color illustrations, maps

Collana

Publications on the Near East

Disciplina

297.8/2/0955

Soggetti

Shīʻah - Iran - History

Shīʻah - Iran - Tehran

Muslim martyrs - Iraq - Karbalāʼ

Shīʻah - Customs and practices

Islam and politics - Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief historical background of Shi'ism and Moharram -- The Qajar elites and religious patronage (1796-1925) -- Qajar society and religious culture : Tehran as a case study -- The Pahlavi regime and the emergence of secular modernism (1925-1979) -- Religious rituals, society and politics during the Pahlavi period -- Hoseyn "the prince of martyrs" -- Fatemeh, Zeynab, and emerging discourses on gender -- The Islamic republic.

Sommario/riassunto

"This study examines patterns of change in Shi'i symbols and rituals over the past two centuries to reveal how modernization has influenced the societal, political, and religious culture of Iran." "Moharram symbols and rituals are among the most pervasive and popular aspects of Iranian culture and society. The Martyrs of Karbala traces patterns of continuity and change in three aspects of Iranian life: the importance of these rituals in promoting social bonds, status, identities, and ideals; the ways in which three successive regimes (Qajars, Pahlavis, and the Islamic Republic) have either used these rituals to promote their legitimacy or have suppressed them because they viewed them as a potential political threat; and the uses of Moharram symbolism by opposition groups interested in overthrowing the regime."--Jacket