The powerful ephemeral: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place

Name: The powerful ephemeral: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place
Author: Carla Bellamy

Author

Carla Bellamy

Publisher

University of California Press

دانشگاه ادیان و مذاهب

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Title and Author

The powerful ephemeral: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place / Carla Bellamy

Publication Details

برکلی : University of California Press، 2011م

Physical Description

xxi, 282 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject

Healing Religious aspects -- Islam
Spiritual healing -- India
Islamic shrines -- India
Sufism -- India

series

(South Asia across the disciplines؛ )

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

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