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Karbala in the Taʿziyeh Episode, Shiʿi Devotional Drama in Iran
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Deacon, Eleanor Lucy

“I am not Shemr, this is not a dagger, nor is this Karbala,” recites the arch-antagonist as a taʿziyeh performance begins. Verisimilitude is not the endeavour; this is a devotional offering that stirs lament for the the Shiʿi martyrs by representing events crucial to sacred history. But what does that retelling entail? Through study of four of its main episodes—from their long inter-fem…

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ISBN/ISSN
978-90-04-71614-8
Collation
xii, 260 pp., incl. 11 fc illus.
Series Title
Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World, Volume: 15
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