Research Catalog

Title

Eternal performance : Taʻziyeh and other Shiite rituals / edited by Peter J. Chelkowski.

Publication

London ; New York : Seagull, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Chelkowski, Peter J.

Description

x, 425 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Over the centuries, observances of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, have traveled far from their origins at Karbala--a windswept desert plain that is now a town in present-day Iraq--where, according to tradition, Hussein, the beloved grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was brutally put to death together with seventy-two of his male companions on the tenth day of the month. For this reason, Muharram is synonymous with both the first month and the tenth day. Hussein's passion and death are considered the ultimate example of sacrifice for Shia Muslims and scores of rituals devoted to Muharram have developed during the last thirteen centuries, especially in Iran where Twelver Shi'ism became the state religion in the sixteenth century. As Peter Chelkowski describes in Eternal Performance, many of these rituals were exported to other lands over time. They crossed boundaries and cultures from Iran and Iraq to Lebanon, the Indian subcontinent, North America, and the Caribbean. Yet all Muharram rituals, no matter where or how they are performed, have their origins in Karbala. The transformation and transmission of these observances to their present-day forms around the world are the result of the intersection of multiple races, religions, and artistic traditions. Eternal Performance explores the social, political, cultural, artistic, and religious significance of Muharram rituals for millions of global observers"--Publisher description.

Series Statement

Enactments, 1751-0864

Uniform Title

Enactments.

Alternative Title

Taʻziyeh and other Shiite rituals

Subjects

• Taʻziyah > History and criticism
• Fasts and feasts > Shīʻah
• Islam and the performing arts
• Islamic drama > History and criticism
• Tenth of Muḥarram

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Time out of memory : Ta'ziyeh, the total drama / Peter J. Chelkowski -- The Ta'ziyeh of the martyrdom of Hussein / translated and with an introduction by Rebecca Ansary Pettys -- The origins of the Sunnite-Shiite divide and the emergence of the Ta'ziyeh tradition / Kamran Scot Aghaie -- Muharram ceremonies observed in Tehran by Ilya Nicolaevich Berezin (1843) / Jean and Jacqueline Calmard -- Acting styles and actor training in Ta'ziyeh / William O. Beeman and Mohammad B. Ghaffari -- Identification and analysis of the scenic space in traditional Iranian theater / Mohammad Reza Khaki; translated by Iraj Anvar -- Peripheral Ta'ziyeh : the transformation of Ta'ziyeh from Muharram mourning ritual to secular and comical theatre / Iraj Anvar -- A view from the inside : the anatomy of the Persian Ta'ziyeh plays / Sadegh Homayouni -- Garden of the brave in war : recollections of Iran / Terence O'Donnell -- Karbala drag kings and queens / Negar Mottahedeh -- Compelling reasons to sing : the music of Ta'ziyeh / Stephen Blum -- Ta'ziyeh as theatre of protest / Hamid Dabashi -- Shi'ite narratives of Karbala and Christian rites of penance : Michel Foucault and the culture of the Iranian Revolution, 1978-79 / Janet Afary -- Moses and the wandering dervish : Ta'ziyeh at Trinity College / Milla Cozart Riggio -- Mohammad B. Ghaffari, Ta'ziyeh director : an interview with Peter J. Chelkowski -- Presenting Ta'ziyeh at Lincoln Center / Nigel Redden -- Ta'ziyeh in France : the ritual of renewal at the Festival d'Automne / Alain Crombecque -- Ta'ziyeh in Parma / Anna Vanzan -- Remembering Ta'ziyeh in Iraq / Elizabeth Fernea -- Ritual, blood, and Shiite identity : Ashura in Nabatiyya, Lebanon / Augustus Richard Norton -- Shiite theater in South Lebanon : some notes on the Karbala drama and the Sabaya / Sabrina Mervin -- Flagellation and fundamentalism : (trans)forming meaning, identity, and gender through Pakistani women's rituals of mourning / Mary Elaine Hegland -- The heart of lament : Pakistani-American Muslim women's Azadari rituals / Bridget Blomfield -- From the sun-scorched desert of Iran to the beaches of Trinidad : Ta'ziyeh's journey from Asia to the Caribbean / Peter J. Chelkowski.

Call Number

JFE 11-1554

ISBN

• 9781906497514 (hbk.)
• 1906497516 (hbk.)

OCLC

457149520

Title

Eternal performance : Taʻziyeh and other Shiite rituals / edited by Peter J. Chelkowski.

Imprint

London ; New York : Seagull, 2010.

Series

Enactments, 1751-0864

Enactments.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Chelkowski, Peter J.

Research Call Number

JFE 11-1554