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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. ¿usayn'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.
