Non-Shia Practices of Muharram in South Asia and the Diaspora - Beyond Mourning

This book analyses engagements with non-Shia practices of Müarram celebrations in the past and present, in South Asia and within a larger diaspora. Bringing together a variety of regional perspectives and linguistic backgrounds, the chapters discuss the importance of Müarram celebrations in terms of their respective actors.

List of contents

1. Introduction Pushkar Sohoni and Torsten Tschacher 2. Ḥusayn’s Hindu Defenders Tryna Lyons 3. An Ethnographic Exploration of Muharram(s) in Pune, Maharashtra Deepra Dandekar 4. Visual Language of Piety and Power: Ta’ziahs and Temples in the Western Deccan Pushkar Sohoni 5. The Idea of Religion and the Criminalization of Muharram in the Straits Settlements, 1830-1870 Torsten Tschacher 6. Contestation and Transformation: Muharram Practices among Sunni Muslims in South Africa, 1860-2020 Goolam Vahed 7. It Ain’t Religion, It’s Just Culture, Man! Muharram Controversies in the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora Frank J. Korom

About the author

Pushkar Sohoni is Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. His previous book is The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate: Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India (2018).
Torsten Tschacher is a research-scholar at Freie Universität Berlin studying the history and discursive traditions of Muslims around the Bay of Bengal. His book Race, Religion, and the ‘Indian Muslim’ Predicament in Singapore was published in 2018 with Routledge, and he co-edited, with Deepra Dandekar, Islam, Sufism and Everyday Politics of Belonging in South Asia (Routledge 2016).

Summary

This book analyses engagements with non-Shia practices of Mu?arram celebrations in the past and present, in South Asia and within a larger diaspora. Bringing together a variety of regional perspectives and linguistic backgrounds, the chapters discuss the importance of Mu?arram celebrations in terms of their respective actors.

Product details

• Authors: Pushkar Sohoni, Pushkar (Indian Institute of Science Educa Sohoni, Pushkar (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Sohoni, Torsten Tschacher, Torsten (Freie Universitat Berlin Tschacher
• Assisted by: Pushkar Sohoni (Editor), Sohoni Pushkar (Editor), Torsten Tschacher (Editor), Tschacher Torsten (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780367819040
• ISBN: 978-0-367-81904-0
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Routledge South Asian Religion Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, Religion: general, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs