Description: Gender, Sainthood, & Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi’ism, Paperback by Ruffle, Karen G., ISBN 1469613719, ISBN-13 9781469613710, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shia of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles. Ruffle focuses on the annual mourning assemblies held on 7 Muharram to commemorate the battlefield wedding of Fatimah Kubra and her warrior-bridegroom Qasem, who was martyred in 680 . at the battle of Karbala, Iraq, before their marriage was consummated.
Ruffle argues that hagiography, an important textual tradition in Islam, plays a dynamic role in constructing the memory, piety, and social sensibilities of a Shii community. Through the Hyderabadi rituals that idealize and venerate Qasem, Fatimah Kubra, and the other heroes of Karbala, a distinct form of sainthood is produced. These saints, Ruffle explains, serve as socioethical role models and religious paragons whom Shii Muslims aim to imitate in their everyday lives, improving their personal religious practice and social selves. On a broader community level, Ruffle observes, such practices help generate and reinforce group identity, shared ethics, and gendered sensibilities. By putting gender and everyday practice at the center of her study, Ruffle challenges Shii patriarchal narratives that present only men as saints and brings to light typically overlooked womens religious practices.
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Book Title: Gender, Sainthood, & Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi’ism
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
Author: Karen G. Ruffle
Publication Name: Gender, Sainthood, and Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi'ism
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: T.H.E. University of North Carolina Press
Subject: Zoology, History
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
