Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on Transliteration ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Listening Taʿziyeh: Orality, Methexis, and the Visual Soundscape of Takiyah, 1866/67–1947 38
7. Chapter 2. Staging Taʿziyeh: Aryanism, Heritage, and the Shiraz Arts Festival, 1967–1977 90
8. Chapter 3. The Touch of the Revolutionary Multitude: The Tactile Politics of the Crowd in the 1978 Moharram 145
9. Chapter 4. “The Scent of Grief ”: The Burning of the Tent Encampment Performance in the Arab-Iranian Community of Bushehr, 2007 199
10. Chapter 5. The Gustatory Tale of Two Majales: Votive Performances and (Digital) Space in Pandemic Tehran 254
11. Conclusion. The Auratic Perception of Moharram 297
12. Notes 305
13. Bibliography 361
14. Index 387
15. Acknowledgments 397