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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruffle, Karen G.

Series:

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shīʻah--India.

Shīʻah.

Shīʻah--Customs and practices.

Religious life--Shiah.

Religious life.

Women in Islam--India.

Women in Islam.

Lucknow (India)--Religious life and customs.

Lucknow (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Gender, sainthood, and everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles. Ruffle focuses on the annual mourning assemblies held on 7 Muharram to commemorate the battlefield wedding of Fatimah Kubra and her warrior-bridegroom Qasem, who was martyred at the battle of Karbala, Iraq, in 680 C.E. before their wedding was consummated.Ruffle argues that hagiography, an important textual tradition in Islam, plays a dynamic role in constructing th

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 Mehndī kī 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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908856-8-5

979-88-9313-440-7

1-4696-0298-9

0-8078-7797-2

OCLC:

772844963