In Amma's healing room: gender and vernacular Islam in South India/ Joyce Burkhalter Fluceckiger
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TextPublication details: Hyderabad : Orient Longman, 2006Description: xix,294p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN: 8125033653Subject(s): Healing therapyDDC classification: 305.8954
Contents:
Preface. Acknowledgements. A note on transliteration. 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 Sama. Conclusion Vernacular Islam embedded in relationships. Epilogue. Appendix Death and difference a conversation. Glossary. Notes. Select bibliography. Index.
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 305.8954 FLU/I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P14289 |
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Preface. Acknowledgements. A note on transliteration. 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 Sama. Conclusion Vernacular Islam embedded in relationships. Epilogue. Appendix Death and difference a conversation. Glossary. Notes. Select bibliography. Index.
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