The Holy Drama : Persian Passion Play in Modern Iran

• Tác giả: Mahnia A Nematollahi Mahani
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9400600348
• Thông tin xuất bản: Place of publication not identified : Leiden University Press, 2013.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 348012
• Chủ đề: 1. Literary Criticism / Drama; 2. Literature and literary studies; 3. Literature: history and criticism; 4. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; 5. Taʻziyah

Tóm tắt

Persian passion play or ta'ziya depicts the role of the Prophet's granddaughter Zeynab during the tragic death of the third Shiite Imam Hoseyn in Karbala in 680. This book describes how Zeynab has become a role model in modern Iranian society, especially during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.