| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
South Asia across the disciplines
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South Asia across the disciplines.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Ambiguity: Ḥusain Ṭekrī and Indian dargāḥ culture -- Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center -- People: the tale of the four virtuous women -- Absence: lobān, volunteerism, and abundance -- Presence: the work and the workings of ḥāẓirī -- Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship -- Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: dargāḥ culture in contemporary India. |
| Summary |
"The violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and ongoing communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. Even so, Muslim saint shrines known as dargahs attract a religiously diverse range of pilgrims. In this accessible and groundbreaking ethnography, Carla Bellamy traces the long-term healing processes of Muslim and Hindu devotees of a complex of dargahs in northwestern India. Drawing on pilgrims' narratives, ritual and everyday practices, archival documents, and popular publications in Hindi and Urdu, Bellamy considers questions about the nature of religion in general and Indian religion in particular. Grounded in stories from individual lives and experiences, The Powerful Ephemeral offers not only a humane, highly readable portrait of dargah culture, but also new insight into notions of selfhood and religious difference in contemporary India"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Healing -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Healing -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
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Spiritual healing -- India.
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Spiritual healing. |
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India. |
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Islamic shrines -- India.
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Islamic shrines. |
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Sufism -- India.
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Sufism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bellamy, Carla, 1971- Powerful ephemeral. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520262805 (DLC) 2010038918 (OCoLC)666403938 |
| ISBN |
9780520950450 (electronic book) |
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0520950453 (electronic book) |
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1280107626 |
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9781280107627 |
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9780520262805 (cloth) |
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0520262808 (cloth) |
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9780520262812 (paperback) |
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0520262816 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786613520623 |
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