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Women mystics and sufi shrines in India / Kelly Pemberton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pemberton, Kelly.
- Series:
- Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
- Studies in comparative religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism--India--Rituals.
- Sufism.
- Sufism--India--Customs and practices.
- Women mystics--India.
- Women mystics.
- Women in Islam--India.
- Women in Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These women are often perceived as being exceptionally close to God yet are compelled to operate outside the public sphere of major shrines.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Series Editor's Preface
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction: Women's Activities and Sufi Shrines-Some Perspectives
- 1. Perceptions of "Women's Religion" in Colonial India
- 2. Piri-Muridi
- 3. Singing and Reciting
- 4. The Work of Petitioning
- Conclusion: Reconsidering Women's Experiences at the Intersection of Discourse and Practice
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611172324
- 1611172322
- 9781299192522
- 1299192521
- OCLC:
- 828869754
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