Martyrdom : : Canonisation, Contestation and Afterlives / / ed. by Jan Willem Henten, Ihab Saloul.
The phenomenon of martyrdom is more than 2000 years old but, as contemporary events show, still very much alive. This book examines the canonisation, contestation and afterlives of martyrdom and connects these with cross-cultural acts and practices of remembrance. Martyrdom appeals to the imaginatio...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage and Memory Studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Interaction of Canon and History. Some Assumptions
- 2. The Changing Worlds of the Ten Rabbinic Martyrs
- 3. 'Who Were the Maccabees?' The Maccabean Martyrs and Performances on Christian Difference
- 4. Perpetual Contest
- 5. 'Martyrs of Love'. Genesis, Development and Twentieth Century Political Application of a Sufi Concept
- 6. Commemorating World War I Soldiers as Martyrs
- 7. The Scarecrow Christ. The Murder of Matthew Shepard and the Making of an American Culture Wars Martyr
- 8. Icons of Revolutionary. Upheaval Arab Spring Martyrs
- 9. Yesterday's Heroes? Canonisation of Anti-Apartheid Heroes in South Africa
- 10. The Martyrdom of the Seven Sleepers in Transformation. From Syriac Christianity to the Qur'ān and to the Dutch-Iranian Writer Kader Abdolah
- 11. 'Female Martyrdom Operations'. Gender and Identity Politics in Palestine
- 12. Hollywood Action Hero Martyrs in 'Mad Max Fury Road'
- List of Contributors
- Index