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Gender, sainthood, & everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism / Karen G. Ruffle

Author
Ruffle, Karen G.
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Gender, sainthood, and everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Transliteration; INTRODUCTION; 1 SAINTS ARE "REAL" PEOPLE: Imitable Sainthood in Shi'ism; 2 GOD'S STRONG WOMEN: Female & Feminine in Shi'i Sainthood; 3 THE SADDEST STORY EVER TOLD: Translating Karbala through Feminine Voices & Emotions into a Deccani Shi'i Idiom; 4 A BRIDE OF ONE NIGHT, A WIDOW FOREVER: Text & Ritual Performance in the Constitution of an Idealized South Asian Shi'i Selfhood; 5 WHO COULD MARRY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?: Debating the Mehndi ki Majlis in Hyderabad; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. and NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary
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.
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9780807877975 (electronic bk.)
0807877972 (electronic bk.)
9781469602981 (electronic bk.)
1469602989 (electronic bk.)
0807834750
9780807834756
9781469613710 (paperback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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