TY  - BOOK
AU  - Doumato,Eleanor Abdella
TI  - Getting God's ear: women, Islam, and healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf 
SN  - 9780231116664 (cloth) :
AV  - HQ1730 .D68 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Women
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Religious life
KW  - History
KW  - Women healers
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Wahhaabiyah
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303) and index; A Note on the Spelling of Arabic Words and Proper Nouns -- Introduction: Making Connections: Knowledge, Rituals, and Healing -- Ch. 1. Women and Religious Learning: Piety and a Matter of Propriety -- Ch. 2. Prayer, the Mosque, and the Ways Women Worship -- Ch. 3. The Healing Power of Words: Ink, Spit, and Holy Speech -- Ch. 4. Engaging Spirits: Prophylaxis, Witchcraft, Exorcisms, Trial by Ordeal, and Zar -- Ch. 5. When Words Fail: Surgeries, Smells, and Salt Packing -- Conclusion: Community, Gender, and the Spiritual Experience -- Epilogue: Saudi Arabia, 1998 -- Appendix: The Scene of the Action for Getting God's Ear
ER  -