LEADER 04440nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910791671903321 005 20230731233007.0 010 $a0-292-79239-5 024 7 $a10.7560/705159 035 $a(CKB)2560000000055040 035 $a(EBL)3443519 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469119 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319877 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469119 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508761 035 $a(PQKB)11019701 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484334 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12190550 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484334 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594569 035 $a(PQKB)11424461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443519 035 $a(OCoLC)703158786 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443519 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10439445 035 $a(OCoLC)932313942 035 $a(DE-B1597)588770 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808787 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292792395 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000055040 100 $a20020524h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe female voice in Sufi ritual $edevotional practices of Pakistan and India /$fShemeem Burney Abbas ; foreword by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Tex. :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2002. 210 4$aŠ2002 215 $a1 online resource (xxx, 209 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-292-70515-8 311 0 $a0-292-72592-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-204) and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Author's Note: Translations, Transliterations, and Conversation Analysis Transcript Notation""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter One. History and Economy of Women in Sufi Ritual""; ""Chapter Two. Ethnographies of Communication""; ""Chapter Three. Female Myths in Sufism""; ""Chapter Four. The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual""; ""Chapter Five. Closing the Circle of the Mystic Journey""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Author's Note""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter One""; ""Chapter Two""; ""Chapter Three""; ""Chapter Four""; ""Chapter Five""; ""Glossary""; ""Primary Sources""""Index"" 330 $aThe female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers assume the female voice when singing the myths of heroines in qawwali and sufiana-kalam. Yet, despite the centrality of the female voice in Sufi practice throughout South Asia and the Middle East, it has received little scholarly attention and is largely unknown in the West. This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. Shemeem Burney Abbas investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at women's participation in them, as well as male performers' use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians and her transliteration of audio- and videotaped performances. Through them, she draws vital connections between oral culture and the written Sufi poetry that the musicians sing for their audiences. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals. 606 $aMusic$xReligious aspects$xSufism 606 $aSufi music$zPakistan 606 $aSufi music$zIndia 606 $aSufism$xRituals 606 $aMuslim women$xReligious life$zPakistan 606 $aMuslim women$xReligious life$zIndia 615 0$aMusic$xReligious aspects$xSufism. 615 0$aSufi music 615 0$aSufi music 615 0$aSufism$xRituals. 615 0$aMuslim women$xReligious life 615 0$aMuslim women$xReligious life 676 $a297.4/38/0820954 700 $aAbbas$b Shemeem Burney$01532255 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791671903321 996 $aThe female voice in Sufi ritual$93827438 997 $aUNINA