The martyrs of Karbala Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran
Record details
- ISBN: 9780295984551
- ISBN: 0295984554
- ISBN: 9780295984483
- ISBN: 0295984481
- ISBN: 029580078X (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780295800783 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 200 p.) : col. ill., maps.
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electronic resource - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-193) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A brief historical background of Shi'ism and Moharram -- The Qajar elites and religious patronage (1796-1925) -- Qajar society and religious culture : Tehran as a case study -- The Pahlavi regime and the emergence of secular modernism (1925-1979) -- Religious rituals, society and politics during the Pahlavi period -- Hoseyn "the prince of martyrs" -- Fatemeh, Zeynab, and emerging discourses on gender -- The Islamic republic. |
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Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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