The powerful ephemeral [electronic resource] : everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place / Carla Bellamy.
Series: South Asia across the disciplinesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.Description: xxi, 282 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780520262805 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520262812 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780520950450 (e-book)
- 297.4/3554 22
- BP189.65.F35 B45 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Ambiguity: H�usain T�ekr�i and Indian darg�ah� culture -- Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center -- People: the tale of the four virtuous women -- Absence: lob�an, volunteerism, and abundance -- Presence: the work and the workings of h��az�ir�i -- Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship -- Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: darg�ah� culture in contemporary India.
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