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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ruffle, Karen G.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 wedding of Fatimah Kubra and her warrior-bridegroom Qasem, martyred in battle before their marriage was consummated. She argues that hagiography, an important textual tradition in Islam, plays a dynamic role in constructing the memory, piety, and social sensibilities of a Shi'i community.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469602981

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