Grounds of becoming: fakirs among the dead in Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan

This ethnographic portrait of a graveyard in Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan, illustrates the spatial and intercorporeal ways in which fakir becoming resists autonomous conceptions of the self. It explores how fakir perception of and participation in richly structured environments involves a masterful engag...

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Main Author: Kasmani, Omar (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 72-89
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pakistan / Fakir / Development / Space / Body / Transcendence
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Space
B Fakir
B Pakistan
B Becoming
B Intercorporeality
B Place
Online Access: Volltext (doi)