Screen LibraryPiro and the Gulabdasis : gender, sect, and society in Punjab /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Delhi, India : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xlviii, 357 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [330]-348) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199468188 0199468184 |
| Index Number: | BL2018 |
| CLC: | B929.351 |
| Call Number: | B929.351/M249 |
| Contents: |
Part I -- Guru Gulabdas: A Savant Monist or a Deviant Maverick? -- Part II -- 'Life-Story' in an Autobiographical Fragment -- Agnostic Religiosity, Gendered Self, and a Conversion Narrative -- Low-Caste Muslim Prostitute and Bhakti Religiosity: Cultural Imaginary and the Ability to Imagine Otherwise -- Miracles and Women Bhaktas: Understanding Piro's Agency -- Part III -- Caste in the Colonial Public Sphere: The Conundrum of Sant Ditta Ram/Giani Ditt Singh -- Theatre of the Past: Re-presenting the Past in Different Genres -- Fantasticating Fables, Sacralizing Spaces, and Remaking Rituals: The Gulabdasis at a Contemporary Moment. |