Women mystics and sufi shrines in India /

Pemberton, Kelly.

Women mystics and sufi shrines in India / Kelly Pemberton. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in comparative religion . - Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.

Introduction: women's activities and Sufi shrines: some perspectives -- Perceptions of "women's religion" in colonial India -- Piri-muridi -- Singing and reciting -- The work of petitioning -- Conclusion: reconsidering women's experiences at the intersection of discourse and practice.

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Insightful field research into the complexity of women's roles in a subset of Islamic culture.


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Sufism--Rituals.--India
Sufism--Customs and practices.--India
Women mystics--India.
Women in Islam--India.
RELIGION--Islam--Sufi.
Sufism--Customs and practices.
Sufism--Rituals.
Women in Islam.
Women mystics.
Frau--Sufismus--Indien--Geschichte.
Sufismus--Frau--Indien--Geschichte.
Heiligenverehrung--Islam--Indien--Geschichte.
Islam--Heiligenverehrung--Indien--Geschichte.
Sufismus.
Ritus.
Muslimin.
RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice


India.
Indien.


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