Sufi bodies : religion and society in medieval Islam / Shahzad Bashir.

  • Bashir, Shahzad, 1968-
Date:
[2011], ©2011
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Publication/Creation

New York : Columbia University Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CW.AA2
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ISBN

  • 9780231144902
  • 0231144903
  • 9780231517607
  • 0231517602