Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Author’s Note: Translations, Transliterations, and Conversation Analysis Transcript Notation ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Preface: woman's place in Sufism xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxix
7. Chapter 1 History and Economy of Women in Sufi Ritual 1
8. Chapter 2 Ethnographies of Communication 52
9. Chapter 3 Female Myths in Sufism 85
10. Chapter 4 The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual 108
11. Chapter 5 Closing the Circle of the Mystic Journey 129
12. Glossary 147
13. Notes 161
14. Primary Sources 183
15. Index 205