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The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam
The Women of Karbala Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam
Commemorating the Battle of Karbala, in which the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hosayn and seventy-two of his family members and supporters were martyred in 680 CE, is the central religious observance of Shi'i Islam. Though much has been written about the rituals that reenact and venerate Karbala, until now no one has studied women's participation...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292709591
ISBN-10: 0292709595
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 309
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
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