Miracles and Material Life: Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya

ISBN-13: 9781108477185 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 290 str.

Teren Sevea

Opis

Sevea reveals a universe of miracle-workers in Islamic Malaya, connecting the supernatural to material life, socioeconomic activities and production.

Recenzje

'In this subtle and evocative work, Terenjit Sevea links the world of religiosity and wonders in colonial and Islamic Southeast Asia with the material world of agriculture, mining and hunting. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, some very unusual, he brings together material and cultural histories in ways that will be profitable for scholars of many other world regions. His analysis takes us far beyond the 'disenchantment' paradigm that long dominated colonial histories.' Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California, Los Angeles

Spis treści

The magic of Islam and modern Malaya: an introduction; 1. Compendia of forest patois and agrarian 'Iimu; 2. Pawangs and Munshis in Muhammad's ricefields; 3. The Pawang's 'wonderful nose' for ore; 4. An 'ilmu of violence: the elephant bomohs of modern Malaya; 5. Gun gurus and Sufi shooters; Conclusion.