In Amma's Healing Room : Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India Paperback / softback
by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
"[I]t is extremely salubrious to see the ways Islam works in the lives of ordinary people who are not politicized in their religious lives. . . . No other book on South Asia has material like this." -Ann Grodzins GoldIn Amma's Healing Room is a compelling study of the life and thought of a female Muslim spiritual healer in Hyderabad, South India.
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger describes Amma's practice as a form of vernacular Islam arising in a particular locality, one in which the boundaries between Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity are fluid.
In the "healing room," Amma meets a diverse clientele that includes men and women, Muslim, Hindu, and Christian, of varied social backgrounds, who bring a wide range of physical, social, and psychological afflictions.
Flueckiger collaborated closely with Amma and relates to her at different moments as daughter, disciple, and researcher.
The result is a work of insight and compassion that challenges widely held views of religion and gender in India and reveals the creativity of a tradition often portrayed by Muslims and non-Muslims alike as singular and monolithic.
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 22 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780253218377
Other Formats
- EPUB from £7.91
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 22 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780253218377