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DESCRIPTION:Afsar Mohammad\,&nbsp\;Lecturer\, Department of Asian Studies\,
  University of Texas at Austin“History is My Story!”: Women’s Devotional N
 arratives in South Indian Sufism “For you history is history\, for me it’s
  my story and I find relief in telling my own story when I tell this histo
 ry of pirs\,” said 75-year old Saidamma. During the month of Muharram\, wh
 en women devotees hold their own story and dance performances\, Saidammane
 ver misses the occasion. She considers that her moment and the entire hist
 ory of Karbala becomes her autobiography! This presentation seeks to captu
 re that specific moment of women’s story-telling and their interpretations
  of Islamic history by examining various autobiographical narrative strate
 gies that women story-tellers use in telling stories of martyrs\, Sufi sai
 nts and local deities.Sponsored by the Department of Religion\, and the So
 uth Asia Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global affairs.
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SUMMARY:SAC presents: Afsar Mohammad
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p></p><p><b>Afsar Mohammad</b>\,&nbsp\
 ;<i>Lecturer\, Department of Asian Studies\, University of Texas at Austin
 </i></p><p><b>“History is My Story!”: Women’s Devotional Narratives in Sou
 th Indian Sufism</b></p><p> “For you history is history\, for me it’s my s
 tory and I find relief in telling my own story when I tell this history of
  pirs\,” said 75-year old Saidamma. During the month of Muharram\, when wo
 men devotees hold their own story and dance performances\, Saidammanever m
 isses the occasion. She considers that her moment and the entire history o
 f Karbala becomes her autobiography! This presentation seeks to capture th
 at specific moment of women’s story-telling and their interpretations of I
 slamic history by examining various autobiographical narrative strategies 
 that women story-tellers use in telling stories of martyrs\, Sufi saints a
 nd local deities.</p><p><b><i>Sponsored by the Department of Religion\, an
 d the South Asia Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global affairs.</i></
 b></p><p></p><p></p>
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