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Lines in Water Gender and Globalization Susan S. Wadley, Series Editor Other titles in the Gender and Globalization series Bodies That Remember: Women’s Indigenous Knowledge and Cosmopolitanism in South Asian Poetry Anita Anantharam Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia Kenneth M. Cuno and Manisha Desai, eds. From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia Valentine M. Moghadam, ed. Hijab and the Republic: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate Bronwyn Winter Imperial Citizen: Marriage and Citizenship in the Ottoman Frontier Provinces of Iraq Karen M. Kern La Chulla Vida: Gender, Migration, and the Family in Andean Ecuador and New York City Jason Pribilsky Making Miss India Miss World: Constructing Gender, Power, and the Nation in Postliberalization India Susan Dewey Policing Egyptian Women: Sex, Law, and Medicine in Khedival Egypt Liat Kozma Super Girls, Gangstas, Freeters, and Xenomaniacs: Gender and Modernity in Global Youth Cultures Susan Dewey and Karen J. Brison, eds. Transforming Faith: The Story of Al-Huda and Islamic Revivalism among Urban Pakistani Women Sadaf Ahmad Lines Water in ≈≈ Religious Boundaries in South Asia ≈≈ Edited by Eliza F. Kent and Tazim R. Kassam Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2013 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2013 13 14 15 16 17 18 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our website at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3319-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lines in water : religious boundaries in South Asia / edited by Eliza F. Kent and Tazim R. Kassam. pages cm. — (Gender and globalization) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3319-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. India—Religion—Congresses. 2. South Asia—Religion—Congresses. I. Kent, Eliza F., 1966– II. Kassam, Tazim R. BL2001.3.L56 2013 200.954—dc23 2013009667 Manufactured in the United States of America To our parents: Clarence C. Kent and Margaret Neal Kent and Rahim Count Kassam Jivraj and Laila Kassam Jivraj ≈ Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface Tazim R. Kassam xi Introduction Eliza F. Kent 1 Part One. Attractive Boundaries 1. Sufi s and Movie Stars: Charismatic Muslims for Middle-Class Hindus Daniel Gold 39 2. An Other’s World: Healing at Husain Tekri Sharif Carla Bellamy 57 3. Vavar Swami: A Hindu–Muslim Saint of Kerala Dominique-Sila Khan 78 Part Two. Porous Boundaries 4. Syncretism and Sin: An Independent Christian Church in Colonial South India Eliza F. Kent 101 5. The Living Tradition of Ismaili Ginans: Negotiating Cultures in Poetry and Performance Tazim R. Kassam 125 viii | Contents 6. Liminal Hindus: Disputed Boundaries and Their Impacts on Sindhi Hindus Steven Ramey 159 Part Three. Firmly Drawn Boundaries 7. Mapping Boundaries: The Science of Knowing Communal Identity in British Cartography Peter Gottschalk 187 8. In a Single House: Fluid Boundaries in Performed Urdu Poetry Christopher Lee 213 9. Fluid Boundaries and the Assertion of Difference in Low-Caste Religious Identity Nancy M. Martin 239 Part Four. Transcending Boundaries 10. Religious Healing and Ritual Relationships at a Religious Crossroads in South India Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger 271 11. “Ainn-Bai’s Sarvadharm Yatra”: A Mix of Experiences Ann Grodzins Gold 300 12. From Liminal to Social in the Modern Age: Transcendent Sacrality and Social Service in the Aghor Tradition Jishnu Shankar 330 13. Indian Arrival Day: Shifting Boundaries in the Celebration of a National Holiday in Trinidad Lindsey Harlan 356 Contributors 391 Index 395
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