This book studies Piro's poetry and autobiographical verses, analyzing her bhakti's imaginary that constructed her autonomous subjectivity. The Gulabdasi sect is examined through her and her guru's writings, commenting on their advaita-inspired heterodox practice that allowed Piro's blossoming. The Gulabdasi presence in Punjab is traced from the nineteenth century to the present. The book looks at the vibrancy of apparently marginal religiosities of gurus and deras,commenting on their remarkable place in people's piety.
This book studies Piro's poetry and autobiographical verses, analyzing her bhakti's imaginary that constructed her autonomous subjectivity. The Gulabdasi sect is examined through her and her guru's writings, commenting on their advaita-inspired heterodox practice that allowed Piro's blossoming. The Gulabdasi presence in Punjab is traced from the nineteenth century to the present. The book looks at the vibrancy of apparently marginal religiosities of gurus and deras,commenting on their remarkable place in people's piety.
Anshu Malhotra teaches at the Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, India. She has written extensively on gender issues over the past two decades. She is also the author of Gender, Caste, and Religious Identities: Restructuring Class in Colonial Punjab (2002). Her other previous publications include the edited volumes Speaking of the Self: Gender, Performance, and Autobiography in South Asia (2015) with Siobhan Lambert-Hurley and Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice (2012) with Farina Mir.
Inhaltsangabe
* List of Figures vii * List of Abbreviations ix * Note on Transliteration and Diacritical Marks xi * Acknowledgements xiii * Self, Sect, and Society: An Introduction xvii * Part I * 1: Guru Gulabdas: A Savant Monist or a Deviant Maverick? 3 * Part II * 2: A 'Life-Story' in an Autobiographical Fragment 55 * 3: Agonistic Religiosity, Gendered Self, and a Conversion Narrative 92 * 4: A Low-Caste Muslim Prostitute and Bhakti Religiosity: Cultural Imaginary and the Ability to Imagine Otherwise 123 * 5: Miracles and Women Bhaktas: Understanding Piro's Agency 172 * Part III * 6: Caste in the Colonial Public Sphere: The Conundrum of Sant Ditta Ram/Giani Ditt Singh 201 * 7: Theatre of the Past: Re-presenting the Past in Different Genres 237 * 8: Fantasticating Fables, Sacralizing Spaces, and Remaking Rituals: The Gulabdasis at a Contemporary Moment 279 * Conclusion 324 * Bibliography 330 * Index 349 * About the author 358
* List of Figures vii * List of Abbreviations ix * Note on Transliteration and Diacritical Marks xi * Acknowledgements xiii * Self, Sect, and Society: An Introduction xvii * Part I * 1: Guru Gulabdas: A Savant Monist or a Deviant Maverick? 3 * Part II * 2: A 'Life-Story' in an Autobiographical Fragment 55 * 3: Agonistic Religiosity, Gendered Self, and a Conversion Narrative 92 * 4: A Low-Caste Muslim Prostitute and Bhakti Religiosity: Cultural Imaginary and the Ability to Imagine Otherwise 123 * 5: Miracles and Women Bhaktas: Understanding Piro's Agency 172 * Part III * 6: Caste in the Colonial Public Sphere: The Conundrum of Sant Ditta Ram/Giani Ditt Singh 201 * 7: Theatre of the Past: Re-presenting the Past in Different Genres 237 * 8: Fantasticating Fables, Sacralizing Spaces, and Remaking Rituals: The Gulabdasis at a Contemporary Moment 279 * Conclusion 324 * Bibliography 330 * Index 349 * About the author 358
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