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Piro and the Gulabdasis Gender, sect, and society in Punjab

By: Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2017Description: 357p xvii HBISBN:
  • 9780199468188
Contents:
Table of contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations Note on Transliteration and Diacritical Marks Acknowledgements Self, Sect, and Society: An Introduction Part I 1. Guru Gulabdas: A Savant Monist or a Deviant Maverick? Part II 2. A ‘Life-Story’ in an Autobiographical Fragment 3. Agonistic Religiosity, Gendered Self, and a Conversion Narrative 4. A Low-Caste Muslim Prostitute and Bhakti Religiosity: Cultural Imaginary and the Ability to Imagine Otherwise 5. Miracles and Women Bhaktas: Understanding Piro’s Agency Part III 6. Caste in the Colonial Public Sphere: The Conundrum of Sant Ditta Ram/Giani Ditt Singh 7. Theatre of the Past: Re-presenting the Past in Different Genres 8. Fantasticating Fables, Sacralizing Spaces, and Remaking Rituals: The Gulabdasis at a Contemporary Moment Conclusion Bibliography Index About the author
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Religion - Sikh Sects - Punjab - India Social Conditions

Table of contents


List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Note on Transliteration and Diacritical Marks
Acknowledgements
Self, Sect, and Society: An Introduction
Part I
1. Guru Gulabdas: A Savant Monist or a Deviant Maverick?
Part II
2. A ‘Life-Story’ in an Autobiographical Fragment
3. Agonistic Religiosity, Gendered Self, and a Conversion Narrative
4. A Low-Caste Muslim Prostitute and Bhakti Religiosity: Cultural Imaginary and the Ability to Imagine Otherwise
5. Miracles and Women Bhaktas: Understanding Piro’s Agency
Part III
6. Caste in the Colonial Public Sphere: The Conundrum of Sant Ditta Ram/Giani Ditt Singh
7. Theatre of the Past: Re-presenting the Past in Different Genres
8. Fantasticating Fables, Sacralizing Spaces, and Remaking Rituals: The Gulabdasis at a Contemporary Moment
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author