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Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism [electronic resource] / Ingvild Flaskerud

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Flaskerud, Ingvild
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London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.
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xii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
Note on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The portrait of Imam Ali: 1. The emergence of a prototypical model and its survival -- 2. Imam Ali in Shia memory -- 3. The iconography of Imam Ali and its reception -- Part II. The battle at Karbala: 4. The battle at Karbala in Shia memory and piety -- 5. Visual Karbala narratives in Shia piety -- 6. The parcham wall hanging -- 7. Representation and reception of Karbala in colour posters -- Part III. Images and decorative designs in ritual space: 8. The image as a votive gift -- 9. Images in the liturgy of commemoration and celebration -- 10. Decorative programmes across gendered ritual space -- 11. Transposing iconography -- Conclusion: visualizing and seeing in the service of Islam.
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ISBN
9781441149077
1441149074
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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