Eternal Performance: Taziyeh and Other Shiite Rituals (Sb-enactments) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906497516 ISBN 13: 9781906497514

Verlag: Seagull Books London Ltd, 2010

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Over the centuries, observances of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, have traveled far from their origins at Karbala—a windswept desert plain that is now a town in present-day Iraq—where, according to tradition, Hussein, the beloved grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was brutally put to death together with seventy-two of his male companions on the tenth day of the month. For this reason, Muharram is synonymous with both the first month and the tenth day. Hussein’s passion and death are considered the ultimate example of sacrifice for Shia Muslims and scores of rituals devoted to Muharram have developed during the last thirteen centuries, especially in Iran where Twelver Shi’ism became the state religion in the sixteenth century. 

As Peter Chelkowski describes in Eternal Performance, many of these rituals were exported to other lands over time. They crossed boundaries and cultures from Iran and Iraq to Lebanon, the Indian subcontinent, North America, and the Caribbean. Yet all Muharram rituals, no matter where or how they are performed, have their origins in Karbala. The transformation and transmission of these observances to their present-day forms around the world are the result of the intersection of multiple races, religions, and artistic traditions. Eternal Performance explores the social, political, cultural, artistic, and religious significance of Muharram rituals for millions of global observers.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Peter J. Chelkowski is professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University. He is the author of Mirror of the Invisible World and Ta’ziyeh: Ritual and Drama in Iran, among other works.  He has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from the American Association of University Presses; the Smithsonian Institute; the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace Fellowship; and the Social Science Research Council.

Peter J. Chelkowski has an intensely multi-cultural, multi-disciplined academic background. His education began in the country of his birth, Poland, where he studied Oriental Philology at the Jagiellonian Unversity and Theatre Arts at the School of Drama in the city of Cracow. Later, he moved to England and attended the School of Oriental and African Studies where he studied Islamic Middle Eastern History and Culture. Subsequently, he studied Persian Literature at the University of Tehran. Currently Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, Chelkowski is also affiliated with the Middle East Studies Association, The Society for Iranian Studies and The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. Among his honours are the Golden Dozen Teaching Award, New York University (1989, 1996); First Prize Award for Mirror of the Invisible World, Amerian Association of University Presses; Smithsonian Folklore Studies Fellowship; Hoover Institute on War, Revolution and Peace Fellowship; and Social Science Research Council Fellowship.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1906497516
• ISBN 13: 9781906497514
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 425
• Herausgeber: Chelkowski Peter J.
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