Parsis in India and the Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780415443661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 304 str.

Hinnells John

Opis

The Parsis are India's smallest minority community, yet they have exercised a huge influence on the country. As pioneers in education in 19th-century India, and as leading figures in banking and commerce, medicine, law and journalism, they were at the forefront of India's industrial revolution. This book explores various key aspects of the Parsis.

Recenzje

'This collection presents a fascinating, multifaceted picture of a most remarkable religious minority whose culture, intellectual and economic influence has been enormous...This important book offers a wealth of information and deep, at times revealing, insights which the general reader will find illuminating and the professional scholar indispensable' - Almut Hintze, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 2009

Spis treści

Preface John R. Hinnells.  Introduction John R. Hinnells and Alan Williams  Section 1: The Settlement of the Parsis in India  1. The Structure, Significance and Poetic Integrity of the Qesse-ye Sanjan Alan Williams  2. The Landing of The Zoroastrians at Sanjan: The Archaeological Evidence Rukshana Nanji  3. Parsi Prayer and Devotional Song in the Indian Diaspora Sarah Stewart  Section 2: Parsis in Nineteenth Century India  4. Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy and the Public Culture of Nineteenth Century Bombay Jesse S. Palsetia  5. Changing Perceptions of Authority among Parsis in British India John R. Hinnells  6. Bombay Parsi Merchants in the Nineteenth Century Rusheed R. Wadia  7. Mourning, Philanthropy, and M.M. Bhownaggree’s Road to Parliament John Mcleod  Section 3: Parsis in Twentieth Century India and in their Diasporas  8. Judging Conversion to Zoroastrianism: Behind the Scenes of the Parsi Panchayat Case (1908) Mitra Sharafi  9. Iranians and Indians on the Shores of Serendib (Sri Lanka) Jamsheed K. Choksy  10. Zoroastrians in Europe 1976 to 2003: Continuity and Change Gillian Mary Towler Mehta  11. Para-Zoroastrianisms: Memetic Transmission and Appropriations Michael Strausberg  12. Parsis In India and their Diasporas in the Twentieth Century and Beyond John R. Hinnells. Illustrations