Gender, sainthood, & everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism / / Karen G. Ruffle |
Autore | Ruffle Karen G |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.5/7082095484 |
Collana | Islamic civilization & Muslim networks |
Soggetto topico |
Shiah - India
Shiah - Customs and practices Religious life - Shiah Women in Islam - India |
ISBN |
979-88-9313-440-7
1-4696-0298-9 0-8078-7797-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Transliteration; INTRODUCTION; 1 SAINTS ARE "REAL" PEOPLE: Imitable Sainthood in Shi'ism; 2 GOD'S STRONG WOMEN: Female & Feminine in Shi'i Sainthood; 3 THE SADDEST STORY EVER TOLD: Translating Karbala through Feminine Voices & Emotions into a Deccani Shi'i Idiom; 4 A BRIDE OF ONE NIGHT, A WIDOW FOREVER: Text & Ritual Performance in the Constitution of an Idealized South Asian Shi'i Selfhood; 5 WHO COULD MARRY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?: Debating the Mehndī kī Majlis in Hyderabad; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
NotesBibliography; 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 |
Altri titoli varianti | Gender, sainthood, and everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812050103321 |
Ruffle Karen G
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 | ||
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Hosay Trinidad : Muharram performances in an Indo--Caribbean diaspora / / Frank J. Korom |
Autore | Korom Frank J |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 305 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 297.3/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Tenth of Muharram
Shiah - Customs and practices Shiah - Trinidad and Tobago Muslims - Trinidad and Tobago |
ISBN |
1-283-89024-0
0-8122-0252-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- A Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- 1 Orientations and Overview -- 2 Muharram Rituals in Iran:Past and Present -- 3 The Passage of Rites to South Asia -- 4 Onward to the Caribbean -- 5 Building the Tadjah, Constructing Community -- 6 Conclusion: Maintenance and Transformation via Cultural Creolization -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809976903321 |
Korom Frank J
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003 | ||
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Living Shi ism : instances of ritualisation among Islamist men in contemporary Iran / / by David Thurfjell |
Autore | Thurfjell David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.3/8095595 |
Collana | Iran studies |
Soggetto topico |
Religious life - Shiah
Shiah - Rituals Shiah - Customs and practices Religious awakening - Iran |
ISBN |
90-04-40924-6
1-281-40039-4 9786611400392 90-474-1078-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Points of Departure -- Setting the Scene -- Embodying Virtue -- The Poetics of Emotion -- Tools of Authorisation -- Crumbling Authority? -- Lectures and Lamentations -- The Creativity of Ritual -- Summary in Persian -- References -- Subject Index -- Name Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821428403321 |
Thurfjell David
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 | ||
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Reliving Karbala : martyrdom in South Asian memory / / Syed Akbar Hyder |
Autore | Hyder Syed Akbar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.8/2/0954 |
Soggetto topico |
Shiah - India
Karbala, Battle of, Karbala, Iraq, 680 Shiah - Customs and practices Martyrdom |
ISBN |
0-19-045180-7
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 | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818980503321 |
Hyder Syed Akbar
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
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The Twelver Shia as a Muslim minority in India : pulpit of tears / / Toby M. Howarth |
Autore | Howarth Toby M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.8/21/0954 |
Collana | Routledge Persian and Shi'i Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Shiah - India
Shiah Religious life - Shiah Shiah - Customs and practices Taziyah |
ISBN |
1-134-23173-3
1-134-23174-1 1-280-25427-0 9786610254279 0-203-01260-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Transliteration, translation and notes on the text; An introduction to the Shîca and the events surrounding the Battle of Karbala; 1 From Karbala to India; 2 The Shîca of Hyderabad and their mourning gatherings; 3 The description of a complete mourning gathering (including the text of Sermon 1); 4 Sermons by male 'lay' preachers; 5 Sermons by women; 6 Sermons by religious scholars; 7 What the sermons do and how they do it
8 Indian Shîcî preaching as the expression of a minority Islamic religious identityAppendix I; Appendix II; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Qur'ânic passages; General index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824437003321 |
Howarth Toby M
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New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
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