03123cam a2200517Mi 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040003400103020003500137020003200172035002100204035001800225050002600243072002500269082002600294049000900320100002000329245010300349260005500452300003100507505058600538505007501124520060601199588004701805650003901852650002801891650003001919650001901949650002001968650003901988650003002027650002802057650001902085650003702104655002202141776017102163856008002334856010502414938004102519910001602560994001202576999001702588ocn774278957OCoLC20200709055456.0m        d        cr |n|120130s2011    cau     o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPbengcEBLCPdOCLCQdN$T  a9780520950450 (electronic bk.)  a0520950453 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)774278957  a432835b(N$T) 4aBP189.65.F35 B45 2011 7aRELx0900002bisacsh04a297.4/3554a297.43554  aN$TA1 aBellamy, Carla.14aThe Powerful Ephemeralh[electronic resource] :bEveryday Healing in an Ambiguously Islamic Place.  aBerkeley :bUniversity of California Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (308 p.)0 aCover; 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.8 aAppendix B. Husain Tekri Kya Hai?Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.  aThe 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.  aDescription based on print version record. 4aHealingxReligious aspectsxIslam. 4aIslamic shrineszIndia. 4aSpiritual healingzIndia. 4aSufismzIndia. 4aSocial Science. 0aHealingxReligious aspectsxIslam. 0aSpiritual healingzIndia. 0aIslamic shrineszIndia. 0aSufismzIndia. 7aRELIGION / Islam / Sufi2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aBellamy, CarlatPowerful Ephemeral : Everyday Healing in an Ambiguously Islamic PlacedBerkeley : University of California Press, c2011z9780520262805403Ebook Libraryuhttp://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=847472403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=432835  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL847472  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50954d50954