The Rite of Urban Passage : : The Spatial Ritualization of Iranian Urban Transformation / / Reza Masoudi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Masoudi, Reza,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Articulating Journeys: Festivals, Memorials, and Homecomings ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Maps --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; Introduction --; Part I. The Spatial Manifestation of Ritual --; CHAPTER 1 Towards a Framework for Spatially Studying Religious Rituals --; CHAPTER 2 The Spatial Genealogy of Muharram Rituals --; PART II The Spatial Organization of Ritual --; CHAPTER 3 The Traditional Muharram Processions --; CHAPTER 4 The Rite of Urban Passage --; CHAPTER 5 Entwining Past and Present in Performed Space --; CHAPTER 6 Reinventing Muharram Rites --; CONCLUSION An Urban-Spatial Approach to Muharram Rituals --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785339776; 9783110998115
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785339776?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Reza Masoudi.

The Iranian city experienced a major transformation when the Pahlavi Dynasty initiated a project of modernization in the 1920s. The Rite of Urban Passage investigates this process by focusing on the spatial dynamics of Muharram processions, a ritual that commemorates the tragic massacre of Hussein and his companions in 680 CE. In doing so, this volume offers not only an alternative approach to understanding the process of urban transformation, but also a spatial genealogy of Muharram rituals that provides a platform for developing a fresh spatial approach to ritual studies.