Sufi bodies : religion and society in medieval Islam / Shahzad Bashir.
- Bashir, Shahzad, 1968-
- Date:
- [2011], ©2011
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Physical description
xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Framing Sufi ideas and practices -- Bodies inside out -- Befriending God corporeally -- Saintly socialities -- Sufi bodies in motion -- Bonds of love -- Engendered desires -- Miraculous food -- Corpses in morticians' hands.
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Location Status History of MedicineCW.AA2Open shelves
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- 9780231144902
- 0231144903
- 9780231517607
- 0231517602