Piro and the Gulabdasis : gender, sect, and society in Punjab / Anshu Malhotra
- Author
- Malhotra, Anshu
- Published
- New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- xlviii, 357 pages : illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Part I -- 1.Guru Gulabdas: A Savant Monist or a Deviant Maverick? -- Part II -- 2.A `Life-Story' in an Autobiographical Fragment -- 3.Agnostic Religiosity, Gendered Self, and a Conversion Narrative -- 4.A Low-Caste Muslim Prostitute and Bhakti Religiosity: Cultural Imaginary and the Ability to Imagine Otherwise -- 5.Miracles and Women Bhaktas: Understanding Piro's Agency -- Part III -- 6.Caste in the Colonial Public Sphere: The Conundrum of Sant Ditta Ram/Giani Ditt Singh -- 7.Theatre of the Past: Re-presenting the Past in Different Genres -- 8.Fantasticating Fables, Sacralizing Spaces, and Remaking Rituals: The Gulabdasis at a Contemporary Moment.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780199468188 (hardback)
0199468184 (hardback) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-348) and index.
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