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Notes from the Fortune-Telling Parrot
This book explores the richness of Pakistans religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that... Read more
Published: 2008
Pages: 253
eBook: 9781845533458
This book explores the richness of Pakistans religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore. Uniting these topics is an investigation of how Islamist politicians seek to eradicate sectarian diversity and repress localized forms of Muslim folk practices in the name of a standardized, uniform, and globalized version of Islam. The book looks at forms of resistance to this Islamist globalization, such as collaborative efforts by Christian, Hindu, and Muslim human-rights activists to repeal Pakistans notorious blasphemy law and assert the worth of religious pluralism.
| Cover | Cover | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | vii | ||
| Introduction | ix | ||
| Chapter 1 | 1 | ||
| Chapter 2 | 11 | ||
| Chapter 3 | 38 | ||
| Chapter 4 | 59 | ||
| Chapter 5 | 95 | ||
| Chapter 6 | 108 | ||
| Chapter 7 | 122 | ||
| Chapter 8 | 151 | ||
| Chapter 9 | 161 | ||
| Chapter 10 | 195 | ||
| Chapter 11 | 205 | ||
| Chapter 12 | 210 | ||
| Bibliography | 227 | ||
| Index | 232 |