The female voice in Sufi ritual : devotional practices of Pakistan and India /

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The 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Abbas, Shemeem Burney
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, ©2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Music > Religious aspects > Islam.
Sufi music > Pakistan.
Sufi music > India.
Sufism > Rituals.
Muslim women > Religious life > Pakistan.
Muslim women > Religious life > India.
Musique soufie > Pākistān.
Musique soufie > Inde.
Soufisme > Rituel.
Musulmanes > Vie religieuse > Pākistān.
Musulmanes > Vie religieuse > Inde.
Musique > Aspect religieux > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > Sufi.
Music > Religious aspects > Islam
Muslim women > Religious life
Sufi music
Sufism > Rituals
India
Pakistan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""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""

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