Women mystics and sufi shrines in India / Kelly Pemberton
- Author
- Pemberton, Kelly
- Published
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages) : illustrations
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Introduction: women's activities and Sufi shrines: some perspectives -- Perceptions of "women's religion" in colonial India -- Piri-muridi -- Singing and reciting -- The work of petitioning -- Conclusion: reconsidering women's experiences at the intersection of discourse and practice.
- Summary
- Insightful field research into the complexity of women's roles in a subset of Islamic culture.
- Subject(s)
- Sufism—India—Rituals
- Sufism—India—Customs and practices
- Women mystics—India
- Women in Islam—India
- Soufisme—Inde—Rituel
- Soufisme—Inde—Coutumes et pratiques
- Femmes mystiques—Inde
- Femmes dans l'islam—Inde
- RELIGION—Islam—Sufi
- RELIGION—Islam—Rituals & Practice
- Sufism—Customs and practices
- Sufism—Rituals
- Women in Islam
- Women mystics
- Frau—Sufismus—Indien—Geschichte
- Sufismus—Frau—Indien—Geschichte
- Heiligenverehrung—Islam—Indien—Geschichte
- Islam—Heiligenverehrung—Indien—Geschichte
- Sufismus
- Ritus
- Muslimin
- India
- Indien
- ISBN
- 9781611172324 (electronic bk.)
1611172322 (electronic bk.)
1299192521
9781299192522
9781570039195
1570039194 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.
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