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Bellamy, Carla, 1971-

The powerful ephemeral everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place / [electronic resource] : Carla Bellamy. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - xxi, 282 p. : ill., maps. - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .

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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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Healing--Religious aspects--Islam.
Spiritual healing--India.
Islamic shrines--India.
Sufism--India.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BP189.65.F35 / B45 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 297.4/3554