Cover; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction: Called to Amma's Courtyard; 1. Setting the Stage: The Healing Room, Its Actors, andIts Rhythms; 2. The Healing System; 3. Patient Narratives in the Healing Room; 4. Negotiating Gender in the Healing Room; 5. Religious Identities at the Crossroads; 6. Immersed in Remembrance and Song: Religious Identities, Authority, and Gender at the Sama; Conclusion: Vernacular Islam Embedded in Relationships; Epilogue; Appendix: Death and Difference: A Conversation; Glossary; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
Ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries
