The powerful ephemeral
Subtitle: everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place
By: Carla Bellamy
Series: South Asia across the disciplines
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780520262805; 9780520262812
Subjects: Sufism; Islam; Spiritual healing; Islamic shrines; Healing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Ambiguity: Ḥusain Ṭekrī and Indian dargāḥ culture; title: Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center; title: People: the tale of the four virtuous women; title: Absence: lobān, volunteerism, and abundance; title: Presence: the work and the workings of ḥāẓirī; title: Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship; title: Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: dargāḥ culture in contemporary India.