Gender, Sainthood, and Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi'ism /

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This study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localised cultural values shape gender roles. The author focuses on the annual mourning assemblies held to commemorate the battlefield...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ruffle, Karen G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in Islam.
Shīʻah > Customs and practices.
Shīʻah.
Religious life > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > Shi'a.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Femmes dans l'islam > Inde.
Chiisme > Coutumes et pratiques.
Chiisme > Inde.
Women in Islam > India.
Shīʿah > Customs and practices.
Shīʿah > India.
India > Lucknow.
India.
Lucknow (India) > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Mehndi ki 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.

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