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Author Pemberton, Kelly.

Title Women mystics and sufi shrines in India / Kelly Pemberton
Published Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in comparative religion
Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
Contents 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
Summary Insightful field research into the complexity of women's roles in a subset of Islamic culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Sufism -- India -- Rituals
Sufism -- India -- Customs and practices
Women mystics -- India
Women in Islam -- India
RELIGION -- Islam -- Sufi.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Rituals & Practice.
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.
India
Indien.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611172324
1611172322
1299192521
9781299192522