In Amma's Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India

CONTENTS

ix CONTENTS Preface • xi Acknowledgments • xv A Note on Transliteration • xix Introduction: Called to Amma’s Courtyard • 1 1. Setting the Stage: The Healing Room, Its Actors, and Its Rhythms • 36 2. The Healing System • 64 3. Patient Narratives in the Healing Room • 106 4. Negotiating Gender in the Healing Room • 136 5. Religious Identities at the Crossroads • 168 6. Immersed in Remembrance and Song: Religious Identities, Authority, and Gender at the Samā • 201 Conclusion: Vernacular Islam Embedded in Relationships • 235 Epilogue • 241 Appendix: Death and Difference: A Conversation • 251 Glossary • 255 Notes • 259 Select Bibliography • 275 Index • 285 ...