In Amma's Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India
by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
An ethnographic exploration of gender and vernacular Islamic healing practices in South India, based on fieldwork with a female Muslim healer.
About This Book
This book explores healing practices within a vernacular Islamic context in South India.
It examines the role of gender in religious and healing spaces led by a female healer.
The work draws on ethnographic research to understand local expressions of Islam.
Readers gain insight into the intersection of tradition, belief, and everyday life.
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