TY - BOOK AU - Fluceckiger, Joyce Burkhalter TI - In Amma's healing room: gender and vernacular Islam in South India SN - 8125033653 U1 - 305.8954 PY - 2006/// CY - Hyderabad PB - Orient Longman KW - Healing therapy N1 - 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. ER -