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The martyrs of Karbala Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran
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Title
The martyrs of Karbala [electronic resource] : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / Kamran Scot Aghaie.
ISBN
0295984481 (hardback alk. paper)
0295984554 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780295984551
9780295800783 (e-book)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004.
Physical Description
xvi, 200 p. : col. ill., maps.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2013
Series
Publications on the Near East
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A brief historical background of Shi'ism and Moharram
The Qajar elites and religious patronage (1796-1925)
Qajar society and religious culture : Tehran as a case study
The Pahlavi regime and the emergence of secular modernism (1925-1979)
Religious rituals, society and politics during the Pahlavi period
Hoseyn "the prince of martyrs"
Fatemeh, Zeynab, and emerging discourses on gender
The Islamic republic.
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