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Gender, sainthood, & everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism / Karen G. Ruffle.
Van Pelt Library BP192.7.I4 R84 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruffle, Karen G.
- Series:
- Islamic civilization & Muslim networks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shīʻah--India.
- Shīʻah.
- Shīʻah--Customs and practices.
- Women in Islam.
- Lucknow (India)--Religious life and customs.
- Lucknow (India).
- Religious life--Islam.
- Religious life.
- Women in Islam--India.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Gender, sainthood, and everyday practice in South Asian Shi'ism
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- 1 Saints are "Real" People: Imitable Sainthood in Shi'ism 23
- 2 God's Strong Women: Female & Feminine in Shi'i Sainthood 59
- 3 The Saddest Story Ever Told: Translating Karbala through Feminine Voices & Emotions into a Deccani Shi'i Idiom 85
- 4 A Bride of One Night, A Widow Forever: Text & Ritual Performance in the Constitution of an Idealized South Asian Shi'i Selfhood 121
- 5 Who Could Marry at a Time Like This?: Debating the Mehndi ki Majlis in Hyderabad 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807834756
- 0807834750
- OCLC:
- 668197732
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