Women mystics and sufi shrines in India /Kelly Pemberton.
Pemberton, Kelly.
Women mystics and sufi shrines in India /Kelly Pemberton. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in comparative religion .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Insightful field research into the complexity of women's roles in a subset of Islamic culture.
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
9781611172324
2010013179
Sufism--Rituals.--India
Sufism--Customs and practices.--India
Women mystics--India.
Women in Islam--India.
Electronic Books.
BP188 / .W664 2010
Women mystics and sufi shrines in India /Kelly Pemberton. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in comparative religion .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Insightful field research into the complexity of women's roles in a subset of Islamic culture.
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
9781611172324
2010013179
Sufism--Rituals.--India
Sufism--Customs and practices.--India
Women mystics--India.
Women in Islam--India.
Electronic Books.
BP188 / .W664 2010