{"product_id":"everyday-shiism-in-south-asia-9781119357148","title":"Everyday Shiism in South Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first textbook to focus on the history of lived Shi''ism in South Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryday Shi''ism in South Asia\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to the everyday life and cultural memory of Shi'i women and men, focusing on the religious worlds of both individuals and communities at particular historical moments and places in the Indian subcontinent. Author Karen Ruffle draws upon an array primary sources, images, and ethnographic data to present topical case studies offering broad snapshots Shi''i life as well as microscopic analyses of ritual practices, material objects, architectural and artistic forms, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing exclusively on South Asian Shi''ism, an area mostly ignored by contemporary scholars who focus on the Arab lands of Iran and Iraq, the author shifts readers'' analytical focus from the center of Islam to its periphery. Ruffle provides new perspectives on the diverse ways that the Shi''a intersect with not only South Asian religious culture and history, bu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransliteration Note xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryday Shi'ism 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCenter and Periphery Reconsidered 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hyper]visible \"Invisible\" Community 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedefining Norms: Shi'i\/South Asia\/Everyday 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresenting Shi'ism 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributions 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scope of Everyday Shi'ism 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 South Asian \"Lovers\" of the Ahl-e Bait: Hindu and Non-Shi'i Muslim Traditions of Devotion 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuharram beyond Shi'ism: The \"Composite Culture\" of Commemorating Karbala in South Asia 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Husaini Brahmins: Hindu Devotees of Imam Husain 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePirla-Panduga: \"The Festival of Pirs\" among Hindus and Sunnis in South India 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevotion to Piru-Swami 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDulha! Dulha!: Sunni and Hindu Possession Rituals for the Bridegroom Qasem 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shrine of Bibi Pak Daman in South Asian Muslim Cultural Memory 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 \"Come, and Cry, Because 'Ashura Is Today\": Shi'i Literary Aesthetics 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTears of a Horse: Sufi Metaphors in Shi'i Devotional Narratives of Birds and Horses 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Female Voice and the Development of Shi'i Devotional Literature 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Solace for the Heart, a Source of Religious Guidance: Multiple Perspectives on the Nauhah 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Why not Beat My Head in Lamentation?': Gender and Voice in the Nauhah 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Karbala: Come to the Best of Deeds': The Nauhah and Normative Discourse 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHearing the Miraculous: A Different Kind of Love Story 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman Rights and Communal Harmony: Re]Visioning Karbala in South Asian Literary Prose 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 In the House of the Tenth: Spaces of Shi'i Devotion 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMosques 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study-Microscopic 3.1: Toli Mosque, Hyderabad 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study-Snapshot 3.2: 'Ashurkhanah wa Masjid-e Ahl-e Bait: A Mosque-'Ashurkhanah in Hyderabad 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the House of the Tenth: 'Ashurkhanahs in Southern India 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLions, Arches, and Chains: Visual Representation and Symbolic Meaning in Shi'i Built Spaces 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study-Microscopic 3.3: Panjah Shah-e Wilayat 'Ashurkhanah, Hyderabad 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImambaras: Dwelling in the Court of the Imam 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study-Microscopic 3.4: The Bara Imambara of Lucknow 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKarbala Grounds: Pilgrimage and Burial 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study-Microscopic 3.5: Karbala Kazmain, Lucknow 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Metal Hands and Stone Footprints: Shi'i Material Practice 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualizing Shi'i Materiality 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGazing in the Eyes of a Martyr: Embodiment and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresencing in the 'Alams of Karbala Heroes 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNa'izah 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBori 174\u003c\/p\u003e ' \u003cp\u003ePeta 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHatheli 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharja 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJibh 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study]Microscopic 4.1: 'Alam]e Sartauq, Hyderabad 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study]Microscopic 4.2: The 'Alam of Imam Husain at Dargah Hazrat 'Abbas, Lucknow 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTa'ziya: Karbala on the Move in South Asia 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEphemeral Ta'ziya 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePermanent Ta'ziya 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study]Snapshot 4.3: Permanent Ta'ziya: Seeing, Embodying, and Making Imam Husain Close 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZuljanah: Remembering Karbala with Imam Husain's Loyal Horse 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebating Devotional Representations of the Imams and Ahl]e Bait 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Every Place Is Karbala, Every Day Is 'Ashura: South Asian Muharram Rituals 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hobson]Jobson\": Representing Muharram in the Religious Imaginaire 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ten Saddest Days: The Ayyam]e 'Aza 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Muharram 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Muharram 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Muharram 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Muharram 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Muharram 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Muharram 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Muharram 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Ashura: The Battle of Good vs. Evil, Or Remembering Imam Husain's Martyrdom 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlways Weep and Remember in the Majlis]e 'Aza 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Annual Majlis 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilsilah Mourning Assemblies 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dawrah (Round) of Mourning Assemblies 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegular Mourning Assemblies 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Majlis Structure 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening: The Call for Blessing (Salawat) 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurning Words: Soz 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetic Meditations and Salutations: The Salam 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetry of Epic Heroes: The Marsiyah 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Remembrance: Zikr 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMourning for Husain: Nauhah Recitation 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZiyarat: Prayers of Salutation to the Fourteen Infallibles 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcessions 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatam: Inscribing Love for the Ahl]e Bait on the Body 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvery Place Is Karbala 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerforming Love for Husain 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatam as a Moral Contract 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Tasting Sorrow before Joy: Vow]Making and Festival Occasions 272\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSweet Blessings: The Niyaz of Imam Ja'far al]Sadiq on 22 Rajab 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen's Votive Practices 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpreading the Cloth for Abu Fazl 'Abbas: The Dastarkhwan]e Nazri 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing God and the Imams Close: Women's Prayer Rituals 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prayer of Divine Assistance: Performing 'Amal 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePilgrimage to Husain: India – Karbala – India 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Joy, a Taste of Sorrow: Celebratory Events 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Readings 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Lessons 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeaching Appendix 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 331\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407036981591,"sku":"9781119357148","price":34.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119357148.jpg?v=1730497959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/everyday-shiism-in-south-asia-9781119357148","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}