Performing Islam: gender and ritual in Iran
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1. Verfasser: Torab, Azam (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2007
Schriftenreihe:Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world v. 4
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and indexes
PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON LANGUAGE; CALENDARS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE BLURRING BOUNDARIES; CHAPTER TWO WOMEN'S CARING LABOUR; CHAPTER THREE THE WELL-ADJUSTED MISFIT; CHAPTER FOUR THE MORALITY OF SELF-INTERESTED EXCHANGE; CHAPTER FIVE RITES OF MASCULINITY; CHAPTER SIX A GIRLS' 'INITIATION' RITUAL; CHAPTER SEVEN REVERSAL AND LICENCE; CHAPTER EIGHT THE HEAD AND HEART TANGLE; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.
Analyses a wide range of ritual activities marking, at times starkly contrasting, religious anniversaries and life course events in Iran. Arguing that ritual performances in Iran are powerful forums where ideas develop, and where rules, symbols and discourses are contested, this volume clarifies social, cultural and political processes
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 300 pages)
ISBN:9047410548
9789004152953
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