Performing Islam : gender and ritual in Iran /

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Analyses a wide range of ritual activities marking, at times starkly contrasting, religious anniversaries and life course events in Iran. Arguing that ritual performances in Iran are powerful forums where ideas develop, and where rules, symbols and discourses are contested, this volume clarifies soc...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Torab, Azam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Muslim women > Iran > Social conditions.
Women in Islam > Iran.
Women > Iran > Social conditions.
Musulmanes > Iran > Conditions sociales.
Femmes dans l'islam > Iran.
Femmes > Iran > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Muslim women > Social conditions
Women in Islam
Women > Social conditions
Vrouwen.
Islam.
Sociale situatie.
Riten.
Iran
Iran.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON LANGUAGE; CALENDARS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE BLURRING BOUNDARIES; CHAPTER TWO WOMEN'S CARING LABOUR; CHAPTER THREE THE WELL-ADJUSTED MISFIT; CHAPTER FOUR THE MORALITY OF SELF-INTERESTED EXCHANGE; CHAPTER FIVE RITES OF MASCULINITY; CHAPTER SIX A GIRLS' 'INITIATION' RITUAL; CHAPTER SEVEN REVERSAL AND LICENCE; CHAPTER EIGHT THE HEAD AND HEART TANGLE; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.

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