The Everyday Healing in an Ambiguously Islamic Place Bellamy, Carla. creator text Electronic books. cau Berkeley University of California Press 2011 monographic eng

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1 online resource (308 p.) The violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and ongoing communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. Even so, Muslim saint shrines known as dargahs attract a religiously diverse range of pilgrims. In this accessible and groundbreaking ethnography, Carla Bellamy traces the long-term healing processes of Muslim and Hindu devotees of a complex of dargahs in northwestern India. Drawing on pilgrims' narratives, ritual and everyday practices, archival documents, and popular. Cover; The Powerful Ephemeral; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; Prologue; Introduction. Ambiguity: Husain Tekri and Indian Dargah Culture; 1. Place: The Making of a Pilgrimage and a Pilgrimage Center; 2. People: The Tale of the Four Virtuous Women; 3. Absence: Loban, Volunteerism, and Abundance; 4. Presence: The Work and Workings of Haziri; 5. Personae: Transgression, Otherness, Cosmopolitanism, and Kinship; Conclusion. The Powerful Ephemeral: Dargah Culture in Contemporary India; Appendix A. Tarikhe Yusufi. Appendix B. Husain Tekri Kya Hai?Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Healing Religious aspects Islam Islamic shrines India Spiritual healing India Sufism India Social Science Healing Religious aspects Islam Spiritual healing India Islamic shrines India Sufism India RELIGION / Islam / Sufi BP189.65.F35 B45 2011 297.4/3554 297.43554 Bellamy, Carla Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011 9780520950450 (electronic bk.) 0520950453 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=847472 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=432835 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=847472 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=432835 EBLCP 120130 20200709055456.0 ocn774278957 eng