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From shamanism to Sufism : women, Islam and culture in Central Asia / Razia Sultanova

Sultanova, Razia [Verfasser]

London [u.a.] : I B. Tauris, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xii, 243 pages) : Illustrations, map

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-85771-946-1 ; 0-85771-946-7 ; 978-0-85773-182-1 ; 0-85773-182-3 ; 978-1-84885-309-6

BE 8623 LC 42329 LC 29329 LC 29335

"From shamanism to Sufism shows how women kept alive traditional Islamic religious culture in Central Asia, especially through shamanism and Sufism, even under Soviet rule when all religion was banned."--Page 2 of cover.