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Author:   Dr Ingvild Flaskerud
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9781441149077

ISBN 10:   1441149074
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   02 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration \ Preface and Acknowledgemenst \ Introduction \ Part I - Imam Ali in Portraiture \ 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 of Karbala \ 4. The Battle at Karbala in Shia Memory and Piety \ 5. Visual Karbala Narratives in Shia Piety \ 6. The ParchamWall-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 \ Bibliography \ Index

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'Flaskerud explores the visibility of popular Iranian Shi'ism in the context of concrete devotional practices and tackles questions of iconography, epigraphy, representation, emotion and subjectivity in an exemplary way with analytical depth. Developing a visual vocabulary of commodified devotional aids used in various private and communal rituals she acknowledges the sensory embeddedness of material culture. Through her historically grounded study Flaskerud aptly shows the importance of votive images in quotidian religious practice thereby providing many new insights into lived Iranian Twelver Shi'ism.'<br>Jurgen Wasim Frembgen, Museum of Ethnology Munich & Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Munich, Germany--Jurgen Wasim Frembgen

'Flaskerud explores the visibility of popular Iranian Shi'ism in the context of concrete devotional practices and tackles questions of iconography, epigraphy, representation, emotion and subjectivity in an exemplary way with analytical depth. Developing a visual vocabulary of commodified devotional aids used in various private and communal rituals she acknowledges the sensory embeddedness of material culture. Through her historically grounded study Flaskerud aptly shows the importance of votive images in quotidian religious practice thereby providing many new insights into lived Iranian Twelver Shi'ism.'<br>Jurgen Wasim Frembgen, Museum of Ethnology Munich & Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Munich, Germany--,

Author Information

Ingvild Flaskerud is Post-doctoral Fellow at Uni Global, the University of Bergen, Norway.

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