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Āvāz-i gul
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Jahān-i gul
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The Leisure Hours
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Sindh Studies
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The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual
The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers assume the female voice when singing the myths of heroines in qawwali and sufiana-kalam. Yet, despite the centrality of the female voice in Sufi practice throughout South Asia and the Middle East, it has received little scholarly attention and is largely unknown in the West. This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India....
Political Ecology Across Spaces, Scales, and Social Groups
Environmental issues have become increasingly prominent in local struggles, national debates, and international policies. In response, scholars are paying more attention to conventional politics and to more broadly defined relations of power and difference in the interactions between human groups and their biophysical environments. Such issues are at the heart of the relatively new interdisciplinary field of political ecology, forged at the intersection of political economy and cultural ecology. This volume provides a toolkit of vital concepts and a set of research models and analytic frameworks for researchers at all levels. The two opening chapters trace rich traditions of thought and prac...
From Subjects to Citizens
The book offers a fresh and timely perspective on the broader field of early postcolonial South Asian history.
Boundaries of Belonging
Explores citizenship, rights and belonging in post-Independence South Asia, examining the long-term impact of the 1947 Partition.
Eastern Worker
Includes Eastern worker labour reports [of Court decisions and awards].
Grassroots
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