From shamanism to Sufism : women, Islam and culture in Central Asia /: women, Islam and culture in Central Asia. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Razia Sultanova.
• Other Names: Sultanova, Razia
• Contents: Historical overview -- Shamanism in Nomadic culture -- Sufism in Central Asia -- Female Sufism -- Transmission of sacred knowledge in its connection to Sufi tradition -- Music and female Sufis -- Interaction of Shamanism and Sufism in Central Asian female performance -- Musical instruments and dances in female communities -- Female folk Sufism -- Female rituals -- Similar female rituals in the Turkic-speaking world (in Tatar, Azeri, Turkish, Cypriot, and Afghani traditions) -- Appendix: Femal poetry.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 305.420958; Women -- Asia, Central -- Social conditions; Women in Islam -- Asia, Central; Islam -- Asia, Central; Shamanism -- Asia, Central; Sufism -- Asia, Central; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Islam; Shamanism; Social conditions; Sufism; Women in Islam; Women -- Social conditions; Asia, Central -- Social conditions; Asia, Central; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857719461; 0857719467; 9780857731821; 0857731823
• Related ISBNs: 9781848853096; 1848853092
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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