%0 Journal Article
%T The Karbalization of Lebanon: Karbala as lieu de m¨¦moire in Hezbollah¡¯s Ashura narrative
%A Natacha Yazbeck
%J Memory Studies
%@ 1750-6999
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1750698017703807
%X This article draws on the unique backdrop of Lebanese sociopolitical history to explore a lieu de m¨¦moire that figures centrally in the rhetoric of Hezbollah around Ashura, the 10th night of the commemoration of Imam Hussein¡¯s death at Karbala. Using an analysis of the speeches of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Ashura, this article examines the party¡¯s rhetoric around the battle of Karbala, and the revered leader¡¯s death, through the three dimensions of lieux de m¨¦moire as identified by Pierre Nora, paying particular attention to the role of mediatization in the materiality of memory. It shows that lieux de m¨¦moire can in fact emerge in the absence of a nation-state, despite Nora¡¯s testament to the contrary
%K Hezbollah
%K media
%K memory
%K narrative
%K nation-state
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1750698017703807