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Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism
- Title
- Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism / Ingvild Flaskerud.
- Author
- Flaskerud, Ingvild.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
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- Description
- xii, 299 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-1667
- ISBN
- 9781441149077
- 1441149074
- LCCN
- 2010005654
- OCLC
- 526809424
- Author
- Flaskerud, Ingvild.
- Title
- Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism / Ingvild Flaskerud.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-1667