The powerful ephemeral: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place
Carla Bellamy
The powerful ephemeral: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place
المؤلف
Carla Bellamyطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
The powerful ephemeral: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place / Carla Bellamyبيانات النشر
برکلی : University of California Press، 2011مالمواصفات الشكلية
xxi, 282 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm.الموضوع
Healing Religious aspects -- IslamSpiritual healing -- India
Islamic shrines -- India
Sufism -- India
مسلسل
(South Asia across the disciplines؛ )اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
المحتويات
Introduction. Ambiguity: Husain Tekri and Indian dargah culture -- Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center -- People: the tale of the four virtuous women -- Absence: loban, volunteerism, and abundance -- Presence: the work and the workings of haziri -- Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship -- Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: dargah culture in contemporary India