Research Catalog

Title

Performing Islam : gender and ritual in Iran / by Azam Torab.

Author

Torab, Azam.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Details

Description

xvii, 300 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Performing Islam takes as its main focus the rich array of ceremonial activities that shape and inform the lives of circles of women in south Tehran. Based on anthropological fieldwork, the book describes and analyses rituals that mark religious anniversaries and life course events in Iran today. Arguing that the ritual performances are powerful forums where ideas develop, and where rules, symbols and discourses are contested, this book discusses the values and beliefs underpinning gender constructions in a rapidly changing and complex society."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, 1570-7628 ; v. 4

Uniform Title

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 4.

Alternative Title

Gender and ritual in Iran

Subject

• Islam
• Muslim women > Iran > Social conditions
• Riten
• Sociale situatie
• Vrouwen
• Women > Iran > Social conditions
• Women in Islam > Iran

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-280) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction ---- 1. Blurring Boundaries --- 2. Women's Caring Labour --- 3. A Well-Adjusted Misfit --- 4. The Morality of Self-interested Exchange --- 5. Rites of Masculinity --- 6. Girls' 'Initiation' Ritual --- 7. Reversal and Licence --- 8. The Head and Heart Tangle ---- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9004152954 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9789004152953 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006049202

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library