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In Amma's healing room gender and vernacular Islam in South India

Title
In Amma's healing room [electronic resource] : gender and vernacular Islam in South India / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.
Author
Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter.
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ♭2006.

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Description
1 online resource (xix, 294 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Uniform Title
In Amma's healing room (Online)
Alternative Title
In Amma's healing room (Online)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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 -- 5. Religious identities at the crossroads -- Immersed in remembrance and song : religious identities, authority, and gender at the Sama -- Conclusion : vernacular Islam embedded in relationships -- App. Death and difference : a conversation.
LCCN
2005019837
OCLC
ssj0000177572
Author
Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter.
Title
In Amma's healing room [electronic resource] : gender and vernacular Islam in South India / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ♭2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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