In Amma's healing room : gender and vernacular Islam in South India /Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

By: Joyce Burkhalter FlueckigerContributor(s): Joyce Burkhalter FlueckigerMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: Raghav Books Private Limited | A-184 A, Nand Gram, Ghaziabad, U.P.Series: ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)Publication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press , ©2006Description: xix, 294 pages ;24 cmISBN: 9780253218377Subject(s): Social ScienceGenre/Form: Muslim womenDDC classification: 305.4869 FLU
Contents:
Introduction: Called to Amma's Courtyard; 1. Setting the Stage: The Healing Room, Its Actors, and Its Rhythms; 2. The Healing System; 3. Patient Narratives in the Healing Room; 4. Negotiating Gender in the Healing Room; 5. Religious Identities at the Crossroads; 6. Immersed in Remembrance and Song: Religious Identities, Authority, and Gender at the Sam?; Conclusion: Vernacular Islam Embedded in Relationships; Epilogue
Summary: Ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries.
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Introduction: Called to Amma's Courtyard; 1. Setting the Stage: The Healing Room, Its Actors, and Its Rhythms; 2. The Healing System; 3. Patient Narratives in the Healing Room; 4. Negotiating Gender in the Healing Room; 5. Religious Identities at the Crossroads; 6. Immersed in Remembrance and Song: Religious Identities, Authority, and Gender at the Sam?; Conclusion: Vernacular Islam Embedded in Relationships; Epilogue


Ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries.

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