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



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Autore: Hyder Syed Akbar Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reliving Karbala [[electronic resource] ] : martyrdom in South Asian memory / / Syed Akbar Hyder Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910465282903321
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