Literature

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Taziyeh: Ritual and Drama in Iran | In the Month of Muharram | Maqtal (pictured) | The Shiites; ritual and piety in Muslim community| An Enchanted Modern

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The book Theater State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran depicts what can be described as a study of multiple aspects of public manifestations of power and subversions that map out the early modern geography of Muslim public spheres.

This book published in BRILL (November 1, 2011), has 404 pages and best sellers rank of 9,274,367 in Books.

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The book The women of Karbala: ritual performance and symbolic discourses in modern Shi’i Islam focuses on the issue that women are not only involved in Karbala commemorative rituals, but also their presence in textual narratives and art plays is important. This book in 309 pages was among 100 best seller books of Amazon and about 4,282,666 copies of it have been sold. Full Article...

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Peter J. Chelkowski

Lara deeb

Babak rahimi

Diane D'souza

David Pinault

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The Picture-storyteller Masters of Iran was written by Hamid Reza Ardalan, musician and scholar of ritual arts of Iran, in thirty volumes. This work introduces thirty Pardekhans who are among the remaining generation of picture-storytellers. This book is the result of ten years of library research and field work of the author. Each volume of this series is around 25 picture pages and includes an introduction and analysis of one of the picture-storytellers. The book and CD, as a contribution to preserving ritual arts and oral heritage of Iran, have been published by “Farhagestan-e Honar” in both English and Persian languages.