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Author Bellamy, Carla, 1971-

Title The powerful ephemeral [electronic resource] : everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place / Carla Bellamy.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxi, 282 p. : ill., maps.
Series South Asia across the disciplines
South Asia across the disciplines.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. Ambiguity: Husain Tekri and Indian dargah culture -- Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center -- People: the tale of the four virtuous women -- Absence: loban, volunteerism, and abundance -- Presence: the work and the workings of haziri -- Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship -- Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: dargah culture in contemporary India.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Healing -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Spiritual healing -- India.
Islamic shrines -- India.
Sufism -- India.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520262805 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520262812 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520950450 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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