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9780822320241

Arguing Sainthood

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822320241

  • ISBN10:

    082232024X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-11-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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Summary

"This is an important book, one that is significant for the discourses of Pakistani modernity and the dilemmas it creates, the internal differentiations in Pakistani society, and the historical forces that brought them about."--Gananath Obeyesekere, Princeton University

Author Biography

Katherine Pratt Ewing is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Hegemony, Consciousness, and the Postcolonial Subjectp. 1
The Tradition-Modernity Dichotomy as a Hegemonic Discourse
Sadhus and Faqirs: The Sufi Pir as a Colonial Constructp. 41
The Pir, the State, and the Modern Subjectp. 65
The Modern Subject amid Conflicting Ideologies
Everyday Argumentsp. 93
A Pir's Life Storyp. 128
Stories of Desire: Reclaiming the Forgotten Pirp. 163
Modern Respectability and Antinomian Desire
The Qalandar Confronts the Proper Muslimp. 201
The Qalandar as Tropep. 230
The Subject, Desire, and Recognitionp. 253
Afterwordp. 268
Glossaryp. 271
Notesp. 275
Referencesp. 293
Indexp. 307
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