The Women of Karbala
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Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam
Aghaie, Kamran Scot
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Twelve ethnographic essays that explore women's roles in the rituals that commemorate the Battle of Karbala, the central religious observance of Shi'i Islam.
contents
A Note on Transliteration ix Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Gendered Aspects of the Emergence and Historical Development of Shii Symbols and Rituals 1
kamran scot aghaie
PART 1. Iran 23
1. Taziyeh: A Twist of History in Everyday Life 25
negar mottahedeh
2. The Gender Dynamics of Moharram Symbols and Rituals in the Latter Years of Qajar Rule 45
kamran scot aghaie
3. ‘‘Oh, My Heart Is Sad. It Is Moharram, the Month of Zaynab’’: The Role of Aesthetics and Women’s Mourning Ceremonies in Shiraz 65
ingvild flaskerud
4. The Daughters of Karbala:
Images of Women in Popular Shii Culture in Iran 93 faegheh shirazi
5. Iconography of the Women of Karbala: Tiles, Murals, Stamps, and Posters 119 peter j. chelkowski
PA R T 2. The Arab World, South Asia, and the United States
of America 139
6. Sakineh, The Narrator of Karbala: An Ethnographic Description of a Women’s Majles Ritual in Pakistan 141
shemeem burney abbas
7. Sayyedeh Zaynab: The Conqueror of Damascus and Beyond 161 syed akbar hyder
8. Gender and Moharram Rituals in an Ismaili Sect of South Asian Muslims 183
rehana ghadially
9. Women of Karbala Moving to America:
Shii Rituals in Iran, Pakistan, and California 199 mary elaine hegland
10. Women’s Religious Rituals in Iraq 229
elizabeth warnock fernea and basima q. bezirgan
11. From Mourning to Activism: Sayyedeh Zaynab, Lebanese Shii Women, and the Transformation of Ashura 241
lara z. deeb