Women mystics and sufi shrines in India
By: Kelly Pemberton
Series: Studies in comparative religion; Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781570039195
Subjects: Sufism; Customs and practices; Sufismus; Muslimin; Frau; Religion; Heiligenverehrung; Rituals; Women in Islam; Women mystics; Ritus; Islam
Description: This work combines historical data with years of ethnographic fieldwork to investigate women's participation in the culture of Sufi shrines in India and the manner in which this participation both complicates and sustains traditional conceptions of Islamic womanhood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: women's activities and Sufi shrines: some perspectives; title: Perceptions of "women's religion" in colonial India; title: Piri-muridi; title: Singing and reciting; title: The work of petitioning; title: Conclusion: reconsidering women's experiences at the intersection of discourse and practice.