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OverviewThe representation of prophets and saints in Islam is erroneously considered nonexistent by many scholars of Islam, Muslims, and the general public. The issue is often dealt with superficially without attention to its deep roots in piety and religiosity. Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism offers new understanding of Islamic iconography and Muslim perspectives on the use of imageries in ritual contexts and devotional life. Combining iconographic and ethnographic approaches, Ingvild Flaskerud introduces and analyzes imageries (tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings), ritual contexts and interviews with male and female local viewers to discuss the representation, reception and function of imageries in contemporary Iranian Shia environments. This book presents the argument that images and decorative programmes have stimulating qualities to mentally evoke the saints in the minds of devotees and inspire their recollection, transforming emotions and stimulating cultic behaviours. Visualization and seeing are significant to the dissemination of religious knowledge, the understanding of spiritual and ethical values, the promotion of personal piety, and functions as modes of venerating God and the saints. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Ingvild FlaskerudPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9781441149077ISBN 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  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsNote 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 \ IndexReviews'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--, '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 Author InformationIngvild Flaskerud is Post-doctoral Fellow at Uni Global, the University of Bergen, Norway. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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