The History in Procession
Shiʿite Identity Formation through Frames of Arbaʿyin Pilgrimage Narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12896295 |
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| Authors | Ahmad Shekarchi (Shahid Beheshti University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97-117 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of the Middle East (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-0719 • E-ISSN: 1746-0727 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ame.2022.170207 |
| OpenAlex | W4306252183 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article investigates emerging patterns of pilgrimage in the context of Shiʿite Islam and studies the case of Arbaʿyin based on two weeks of participatory observation, walking from the al-Faw peninsula in the far south of Iraq to the city of Karbalâ. I identify three narratives in this pilgrimage—tribal, ideological and orthodox—and discuss their commonalities and differentials. The maʿāzīb system of the tribal narrative is the core of the comparison, yet each narrative is interrelated with the others through the central themes of war, political Islam and religious seminaries. In the last section, I explore recent transformations of these themes as well as the pilgrims’ configuration. The tribal narrative of Arbaʿyin presents itself as a rival to the ideological narrative pilgrimage. Although this narrative is based on the social structure of a tribal system, it struggles with new transformations and challenges in form and content
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Citizen journalism · Context (archaeology · Ideology · Islam · Literature · Narrative · Narrative history · Peninsula · Pilgrimage · Political science · Politics · Procession · Sociology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
| Highly cited | No |
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