Embodying charisma : modernity, locality, and performance of emotion in Sufi cults / / editors, Pnina Werbner, Helene Basu

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations, portraits
• Disciplina: 297.4; 297.409049
• Soggetto topico: Sufism - History - 20th century; Mysticism - Islam
• Altri autori: BasuHelene WerbnerPnina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; The embodiment of charisma PNINA WERBNER AND HELENE BASU; The hardware of sanctity: anthropomorphic objects in Bangladeshi Sufism SAMUEL LANDELL MILLS; A 'festival of flags': Hindu-Muslim devotion and the sacralising of localism at the shrine of Nagore-e-Sharif in Tamil Nadu S.A.A.SAHEB; 'The saint who disappeared': saints of the wilderness in Pakistani village shrines LUKAS WERTH; Langar: pilgrimage, sacred exchange and perpetual sacrifice in a Sufi saint's lodge PNINA WERBNER ; Hierarchy and emotion: love, joy and sorrow in a cult of black saints in Gujarat, India HELENE BASU; The majzub Mama Ji Sarkar: 'a friend of God moves from one house to another' JRGEN WASIM FREMBGEN; A majzub and his mother: the place of sainthood in a family's emotional memory KATHERINE P.EWING; The literary critique of Islamic popular religion in the guise of traditional mysticism, or the abused woman JAMAL MALIK; Prophets and pirs: charismatic Islam in the Middle East and South Asia CHARLES LINDHOLM; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: The continued vitality of Sufism as a living embodied postcolonial reality challenges the argument that Sufism has 'died' in recent times. Throughout India and Bangladesh, Sufi shrines exist in both the rural and urban areas, from the remotest wilderness to the modern Asian city, lying opposite banks and skyscrapers. This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations and breaks new ground in current research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Embodying charisma
• ISBN: 1-134-74693-8; 0-203-27855-0; 0-203-02520-2; 1-134-74694-6; 1-280-33199-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910171003203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II