< The Martyrs = Martyrs > Of Karbala : Shi'i Symbols And Rituals In Modern Iran
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Kamran Scot Aghaie
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Seattle
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: University of Washington Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 200 p.
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: col. ill., maps
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Index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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