TY - BOOK AU - Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger AU - Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger TI - In Amma's healing room: : gender and vernacular Islam in South India T2 - ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) SN - 9780253218377 U1 - 305.4869 FLU PY - 2006/// CY - Bloomington PB - : Indiana University Press KW - Social Science KW - Muslim women KW - Healers -- India -- Hyderabad (District) -- Biography N1 - 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 N2 - Ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries ER -