Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism

Note on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The portrait of Imam Ali: 1. The emergence of a prototypical model and its survival -- 2. Imam Ali in Shia memory -- 3. The iconography of Imam Ali and its reception -- Part II. The battle at Karbala: 4. The battle at Karbala in Shia memo...

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1. Verfasser: Flaskerud, Ingvild (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London u.a. Continuum 2010
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Zusammenfassung:Note on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The portrait of Imam Ali: 1. The emergence of a prototypical model and its survival -- 2. Imam Ali in Shia memory -- 3. The iconography of Imam Ali and its reception -- Part II. The battle at Karbala: 4. The battle at Karbala in Shia memory and piety -- 5. Visual Karbala narratives in Shia piety -- 6. The parcham wall hanging -- 7. Representation and reception of Karbala in colour posters -- Part III. Images and decorative designs in ritual space: 8. The image as a votive gift -- 9. Images in the liturgy of commemoration and celebration -- 10. Decorative programmes across gendered ritual space -- 11. Transposing iconography -- Conclusion: visualizing and seeing in the service of Islam.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 299 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:1441149074
1-4411-4907-4
9781441149077
978-1-4411-4907-7