Jinnealogy : time, Islam, and ecological thought in the medieval ruins of Delhi

Author/Creator:

Taneja, Anand Vivek, 1980- author

Publication/Creation:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Jinnealogy : time, Islam, and ecological thought in the medieval ruins of Delhi / Anand Vivek Taneja

Series Titles:

South Asia in motion
South Asia in motion.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jinn--India--Delhi
Islam--India--Delhi
Muslim saints--India--Delhi
Islamic antiquities--India--Delhi
Islam--Relations--Hinduism
Delhi (India)--Religious life and customs

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction : walking away from the theater of history -- Jinnealogy : archival amnesia and Islamic theology in post-partition Delhi -- Saintly visions : the ethics of elsewhen -- Strange(r)ness -- Desiring women -- Translation -- Stones, snakes, and saints : remembering the vanished sacred geographies of Delhi -- The shifting enchantments of ruins and laws in Delhi -- Conclusion : remnants of despair; traces of hope.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvi, 313 pages ; 24 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936683013202486

ISBN:

9781503601796
150360179X
9781503603936
1503603938

OCLC Number:

978351754

Barcode:

010002851060