Reliving Karbala [[electronic resource] ] : martyrdom in South Asian memory / / Syed Akbar Hyder

• Autore: Hyder Syed Akbar
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.8/2/0954
• Soggetto topico: Shīʻah - India; Karbalāʼ, Battle of, Karbalāʼ, Iraq, 680; Shīʻah - Customs and practices; Martyrdom
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Notes on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Visions and Re-visions of Karbala; 2. Mourning in Migrant Spaces; 3. Commemorative Politics and Poetics; 4. Lyrical Martyrdom; 5. Iqbal and Karbala; 6. From Communal to Ecumenical; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: In 680 C.E., a small band of the Prophet Muhammads family and their followers, led by his grandson, Husain, rose up in a rebellion against the ruling caliph, Yazid. The family and its supporters, hopelessly outnumbered, were massacred at Karbala, in modern-day Iraq. The story of Karbala is thecornerstone of institutionalized devotion and mourning for millions of Shii Muslims. Apart from its appeal to the Shii community, invocations of Karbala have also come to govern mystical and reformist discourses in the larger Muslim world. Indeed, Karbala even serves as the archetypal resistanceand devot
• Titolo autorizzato: Reliving Karbala
• ISBN: 1-280-84598-8; 1-4294-3872-X; 9786611718138; 0-19-970662-X; 1-281-71813-0; 0-19-534593-2; 0-19-537302-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792221103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II