In Amma's Healing Room Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India

Name: In Amma's Healing Room Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India
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ISBN: 9780253218377

ISBN-10: 0253218373

ISBN-13: 9780253218377

Edition: 2006

Authors: Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

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'In Amma's Healing Room' presents an ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger is Associate Professor of Religion at Emory University and author of Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India.



Introduction: Called to Amma's Courtyard



Setting the Stage: The Healing Room, Its Actors, and Its Rhythms



The Healing System



Patient Narratives in the Healing Room



Negotiating Gender in the Healing Room



Religious Identities at the Crossroads



Immersed in Remembrance and Song: Religious Identities, Authority, and Gender at the Sam?


Conclusion: Vernacular Islam Embedded in Relationships


Epilogue