Devotional Islam in Contemporary South Asia : Shrines, Journeys and Wanderers (Paperback)

1. Authority, Shrines and Spaces: Scrutinizing Devotional Islam from South Asia, Michel Boivin Part I: Authority and the Figures of Sainthood 2. Vagrancy and pilgrimage according to the Sufi Qalandari path: The illusions of anti-structure, Alexandre Papas 3. Qalandars and Ahl-e Haqq, Mojan Membrado 4. Woman [Un] like Woman: The question of spiritual authority among female fakirs of Sehwan Shar?f, Omar Kasmani 5. Negotiating Religious Authority at a Shrine Inhabited by a Living Saint ? The darg?h of "Zinda” Sh?h Mad?r, Ute Falasch 6. How Discourses Construct Figures of Holiness: The Example of the Indo-Muslim Martyr Gh?z? Miy?n (Uttar Pradesh, North India), Delphine Ortis Part II: Shrine and Circulation 7. Meditative Practice, aesthetics and entertainment Music in an Indian Sufi shrine, Mikko Viitamaki 8. Evolution of the Chisht? Shrine and the Chisht?s in Pakpattan (Pakistan), Muhammad Mubeen 9. The Mother and the Other. Tourism and pilgrimage at the shrine of Hingl?j Dev?/B?b? N?n? in Baluchistan, Jurgen Schaflechner 10. Sacred Journeys, Worship and reverence: The Sufi legitimation of the ziyarat in Hyderabad, Mauro Valdinoci 11. An ambiguous and contentious politicization of Sufi shrines and pilgrimages in Pakistan, Alix Philippon