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100			_aFluceckiger, Joyce Burkhalter
245		0	_aIn Amma's healing room: gender and vernacular Islam in South India/ _c Joyce Burkhalter Fluceckiger
260			_bOrient Longman, _c2006. _aHyderabad :
300			_axix,294p. : _bill. ; _c24cm.
505			_a 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.
650			_aHealing therapy.
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